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CVE-2022-41861

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2023-01-17
  • WeaknessCWE-20 · CWE-400

Am I affected?

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Description

A flaw was found in freeradius. A malicious RADIUS client or home server can send a malformed abinary attribute which can cause the server to crash.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-01-1718:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Freeradius
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.0≤ 3.0.25no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • freeradiusAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 3.0.21-37.el9and 12 other packages
  • freeradiusAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 3.0.20-14.module_el8.8.0+3469+c05aea40and 12 other packages

Full record on NVD

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-04-07
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
  • CISA-ADPCVSS 3.16.52025-04-07
  • NVDCVSS 3.16.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-400read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-20read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.1 %2026-10-23
  • OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2023-01-17
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41861?

A flaw was found in freeradius. A malicious RADIUS client or home server can send a malformed abinary attribute which can cause the server to crash.

Is CVE-2022-41861 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-41861 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.1% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-41861?

CVE-2022-41861 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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