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Vulnerability · CVE-2017-10986

freeradius freeradius Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published Oct 20, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 20, 2025 · freeradius freeradius Loop with

Patch now

CVE-2017-10986 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm freeradius freeradius Loop with against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
2.99%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor freeradius freeradius

An FR-GV-303 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "DHCP - Infinite read in dhcp_attr2vp()" and a denial of service.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor freeradius freeradiusversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2017-10986

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2017-10986 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm freeradius freeradius Loop with against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 2.99%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 20, 2025 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    An FR-GV-303 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "DHCP - Infinite read in dhcp_attr2vp()" and a denial of service.

  2. Oct 20, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2017-10986

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2017-10986

    30-day exploitation probability 3.0%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2017-10986

    An FR-GV-303 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "DHCP - Infinite read in dhcp_attr2vp()" and a denial of service.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.