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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-127029 EUVD-2026-124535GHSA-gfm6-4qp3-m8ch

Freeradius: stack-based buffer overflow via unbounded eap-sim identity length

Published Nov 12, 2026 · Updated Nov 13, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

A flaw was found in freeradius's Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for Subscriber Identity Module (EAP-SIM) module. When handling authentication requests, the server copies a client-supplied identity into an internal structure without properly checking its length against a fixed-size buffer. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending specially crafted EAP-SIM messages, triggering a stack buffer overflow that crashes the service and results in a Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 freeradius No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS freeradius No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS freeradius No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS freeradius No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS freeradius No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS freeradius No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS freeradius No fix yet —

References