3.7

CVE-2025-24912: jouni malinen hostapd

CVSS: 3.7v3.0LowAnalyzed
AliasesMGASA-2025-0113SUSE-SU-2025:0977-1SUSE-SU-2026:23038-1
Published 12-03-2025Last modified 12-03-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-24912 is a low (CVSS 3.7) vulnerability in jouni malinen hostapd. EPSS estimates a 0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
15/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.7/10
010
Low · v3.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.78%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 5
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14890-1SUSE-SU-2026:23072-1SUSE-SU-2026:3103-1SUSE-SU-2026:4492-1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-24912

Timeline

  1. 12-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 12-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

hostapd fails to process crafted RADIUS packets properly. When hostapd authenticates wi-fi devices with RADIUS authentication, an attacker in the position between the hostapd and the RADIUS server may inject crafted RADIUS packets and force RADIUS authentications to fail.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.78%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

55%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.76% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.78%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse6 products
  • wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3< 2.9-150000.4.42.1
  • wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4< 2.9-150000.4.42.1
  • wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5< 2.10-150500.3.6.1
  • wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6< 2.10-150600.7.6.1
  • wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5< 2.9-23.23.1
Opensuse3 products
  • hostapd&distro=openSUSE Leap 16.0< 2.11-bp160.2.1
  • wpa_supplicant&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 2.10-150600.7.6.1
  • wpa_supplicant&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 2.11-4.1
Mageia2 products
  • hostapd< 2.11-1.1.mga9
  • wpa_supplicant< 2.11-1.1.mga9
Jouni malinen1 product
W1.fi1 product

5 vendors · 13 products

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