CVE-2021-45079
moderate-risk
Published 2022-01-31
In strongSwan before 5.9.5, a malicious responder can send an EAP-Success message too early without actually authenticating the client and (in the case of EAP methods with mutual authentication and EAP-only authentication for IKEv2) even without server authentication.
Do I need to act?
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0.11% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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9
CVSS 9.1/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (14)
Affected Vendors
49
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
31/34 · Critical
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
18/34 · Moderate