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CVE-2019-13456

In FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.19, on average 1 in every 2048 EAP-pwd handshakes fails because the...

6.5 MediumFix available

In FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.19, on average 1 in every 2048 EAP-pwd handshakes fails because the password element cannot be found within 10 iterations of the hunting and pecking loop. This leaks information that an attacker can use to recover the password of any user. This information leakage is similar to the "Dragonblood" attack and CVE-2019-9494.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

1.80%Up 0.6 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

In FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.19, on average 1 in every 2048 EAP-pwd handshakes fails because the password element cannot be found within 10 iterations of the hunting and pecking loop. This leaks information that an attacker can use to recover the password of any user. This information leakage is similar to the "Dragonblood" attack and CVE-2019-9494.

Record
CVE-2019-13456
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
2.9 LowAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-203
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

In FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.19, on average 1 in every 2048 EAP-pwd handshakes fails because the password element cannot be found within 10 iterations of the hunting and pecking loop. This leaks information that an attacker can use to recover the password of any user. This information leakage is similar to the "Dragonblood" attack and CVE-2019-9494.

Record
CVE-2019-13456
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-4929 No score

In FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.19, on average 1 in every 2048 EAP-pwd handshakes fails because the password element cannot be found within 10 iterations of the hunting and pecking loop. This leaks information that an attacker can use to recover the password of any user. This information leakage is similar to the "Dragonblood" attack and CVE-2019-9494.

Record
EUVD-2019-4929
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qwvf-9vg7-643x No score

In FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.19, on average 1 in every 2048 EAP-pwd handshakes fails because the...

In FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.19, on average 1 in every 2048 EAP-pwd handshakes fails because the password element cannot be found within 10 iterations of the hunting and pecking loop. This leaks information that an attacker can use to recover the password of any user. This information leakage is similar to the "Dragonblood" attack and CVE-2019-9494.

Record
GHSA-qwvf-9vg7-643x
Weakness
CWE-200, CWE-203
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

In FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.19, on average 1 in every 2048 EAP-pwd handshakes fails because the password element cannot be found within 10 iterations of the hunting and pecking loop. This leaks information that an attacker can use to recover the password of any user. This information leakage is similar to the "Dragonblood" attack and CVE-2019-9494.

Record
CVE-2019-13456
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-13456 6.5

In FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.19, on average 1 in every 2048 EAP-pwd handshakes fails because the password element cannot be found within 10 iterations of the hunting and pecking loop. This leaks information that an attacker can use to recover the password of any user. This information leakage is similar to the "Dragonblood" attack and CVE-2019-9494.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13456
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVOESA-2021-1031 7.5

freeradius security update

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) is a networking protocol that provides centralized Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA or Triple A) management for users who connect and use a network service.\r\n\r\n Security Fix(es):\r\n\r\n In FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.19, on average 1 in every 2048 EAP-pwd handshakes fails because the password element cannot be found within 10 iterations of the hunting and pecking loop. This leaks information that an attacker can use to recover the password of any user. This information leakage is similar to the "Dragonblood" attack and CVE-2019-9494.(CVE-2019-13456)\r\n\r\n In FreeRADIUS 3.0.x before 3.0.20, the EAP-pwd module used a global OpenSSL BN_CTX instance to handle all handshakes. This mean multiple threads use the same BN_CTX instance concurrently, resulting in crashes when concurrent EAP-pwd handshakes are initiated. This can be abused by an adversary as a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack.(CVE-2019-17185)\r\n\r\n

Record
OESA-2021-1031
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2020:1672 5.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: freeradius:3.0 security update

Record
RHSA-2020:1672
CVSS 3.0
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2020:3984 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: freeradius security and bug fix update

Record
RHSA-2020:3984
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-13456 6.5

In FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.19, on average 1 in every 2048 EAP-pwd handshakes fails because the password element cannot be found within 10 iterations of the hunting and pecking loop. This leaks information that an attacker can use to recover the password of any user. This information leakage is similar to the "Dragonblood" attack and CVE-2019-9494.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13456
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2020-0007 No score

Updated freeradius packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated freeradius packages fix security vulnerabilities:

It was discovered freeradius does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user (CVE-2019-10143).

An information leak was discovered in the implementation of EAP-pwd in freeradius. An attacker could initiate several EAP-pwd handshakes to leak information, which can then be used to recover the user's WiFi password by performing dictionary and brute-force attacks (CVE-2019-13456).

Denial of service issues due to multithreaded BN_CTX access (CVE-2019-17185).

Record
MGASA-2020-0007
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0553-1 No score

Security update for freeradius-server

This update for freeradius-server fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-13456: Fixed a side-channel password leak in EAP-pwd (bsc#1144524).
  • CVE-2019-17185: Fixed a debial of service due to multithreaded BN_CTX access (bsc#1166847).
  • Fixed an issue in TLS-EAP where the OCSP verification, when an intermediate client certificate was not explicitly trusted (bsc#1146848).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:0553-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10767-1 No score

freeradius-server-3.0.23-1.5 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the freeradius-server-3.0.23-1.5 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10767-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1018-1 No score

Security update for freeradius-server

This update for freeradius-server fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-13456: Fixed a side-channel password leak in EAP-pwd (bsc#1144524).
  • CVE-2019-17185: Fixed a debial of service due to multithreaded BN_CTX access (bsc#1166847).
  • Fixed an issue in TLS-EAP where the OCSP verification, when an intermediate client certificate was not explicitly trusted (bsc#1146848).
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1018-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1020-1 No score

Security update for freeradius-server

This update for freeradius-server fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-13456: Fixed a side-channel password leak in EAP-pwd (bsc#1144524).
  • CVE-2019-17185: Fixed a debial of service due to multithreaded BN_CTX access (bsc#1166847).
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1020-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1023-1 No score

Security update for freeradius-server

This update for freeradius-server fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-13456: Fixed a side-channel password leak in EAP-pwd (bsc#1144524).
  • CVE-2019-17185: Fixed a debial of service due to multithreaded BN_CTX access (bsc#1166847).
  • Fixed an issue in TLS-EAP where the OCSP verification, when an intermediate client certificate was not explicitly trusted (bsc#1146848).
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1023-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:2391-1 No score

Security update for freeradius-server

This update for freeradius-server fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-13456: Fixed a side-channel password leak in EAP-pwd (bsc#1144524).
  • CVE-2019-17185: Fixed a debial of service due to multithreaded BN_CTX access (bsc#1166847).
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:2391-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
freeradius
Debian:12
before 3.0.20+dfsg-1
3.0.20+dfsg-1
freeradius
Debian:13
before 3.0.20+dfsg-1
3.0.20+dfsg-1
freeradius
Debian:14
before 3.0.20+dfsg-1
3.0.20+dfsg-1
freeradius
Mageia:7
before 3.0.20-1.mga7
3.0.20-1.mga7
freeradius
openEuler:20.03-LTS
before 3.0.15-22.oe1
3.0.15-22.oe1
freeradius
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1
before 3.0.15-22.oe1
3.0.15-22.oe1
freeradius
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-debugsource
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
freeradius-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-ldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-ldap-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-mysql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-mysql-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-perl-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-postgresql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-postgresql-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-rest
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-rest-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-sqlite
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-sqlite-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-unixODBC
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-unixODBC-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius-utils-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
0:3.0.17-7.module+el8.2.0+4847+336970e8
freeradius
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-ldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-mysql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-postgresql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-python
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-sqlite
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-unixODBC
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-ldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-mysql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-postgresql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-python
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-sqlite
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-unixODBC
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:3.0.13-15.el7
0:3.0.13-15.el7
freeradius-server
SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8
before 3.0.15-2.14.1
3.0.15-2.14.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 8
before 3.0.15-2.14.1
3.0.15-2.14.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
before 3.0.15-2.14.1
3.0.15-2.14.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
before 3.0.15-2.14.1
3.0.15-2.14.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
before 3.0.15-2.14.1
3.0.15-2.14.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS
before 3.0.15-2.14.1
3.0.15-2.14.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL
before 3.0.15-2.14.1
3.0.15-2.14.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
before 3.0.15-2.14.1
3.0.15-2.14.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
before 3.0.15-2.14.1
3.0.15-2.14.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 5
before 3.0.15-2.14.1
3.0.15-2.14.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
before 3.0.19-3.3.1
3.0.19-3.3.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
before 3.0.19-3.3.1
3.0.19-3.3.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
before 3.0.19-3.3.1
3.0.19-3.3.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1
before 3.0.16-3.6.1
3.0.16-3.6.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS
before 3.0.16-3.6.1
3.0.16-3.6.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
before 3.0.16-3.6.1
3.0.16-3.6.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
before 3.0.16-3.6.1
3.0.16-3.6.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
before 3.0.16-3.6.1
3.0.16-3.6.1
freeradius-server
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7
before 3.0.3-17.15.2
3.0.3-17.15.2
freeradius-server
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
before 3.0.3-17.15.2
3.0.3-17.15.2
freeradius-server
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS
before 3.0.3-17.15.2
3.0.3-17.15.2
freeradius-server
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL
before 3.0.3-17.15.2
3.0.3-17.15.2
freeradius-server
openSUSE:Leap 15.1
before 3.0.16-lp151.4.4.1
3.0.16-lp151.4.4.1
freeradius-server
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 3.0.23-1.5
3.0.23-1.5

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2019-13456 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Freeradius, published December 3, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.80%, the 78th percentile. Fixed in freeradius 3.0.20+dfsg-1.

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