CVE-2015-8023
The server implementation of the EAP-MSCHAPv2 protocol in the eap-mschapv2 plugin in strongSwan 4.2.12 through 5.x before 5.3.4 does not properly validate local state, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty Success message…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.58%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The server implementation of the EAP-MSCHAPv2 protocol in the eap-mschapv2 plugin in strongSwan 4.2.12 through 5.x before 5.3.4 does not properly validate local state, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty Success message in response to an initial Challenge message.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.58% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-264
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · strongswan/strongswan
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00139.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3398
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84947
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2811-1
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2015/11/16/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2015-8023%29.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00139.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3398
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84947
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2811-1
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2015/11/16/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2015-8023%29.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.