CVE-2026-127030 (GCVE-0-2026-127030)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-12 16:21 – Updated: 2026-11-12 16:21
VLAI
Title
Freeradius: stack buffer overflow via unchecked eap-fast sessionticket length
Summary
A flaw was found in freeradius. An improper length validation in the EAP-FAST module allows a stack-based buffer overflow during session ticket processing. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted handshake request, causing the server process to crash and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1204 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-11-12 12:12
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank s4cr00t (Alipay Security Team) for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Ada Logics and TristanInSec@gmail.com as the original reporters.
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