BlastRADIUS Attack: 30-Year-Old Flaw Bypasses Multi-Factor Authentication

Summary:

  1. A critical flaw in the 30-year-old RADIUS protocol, known as the BlastRADIUS attack, allows attackers to bypass multi-factor authentication and gain unauthorized network access.
  2. The vulnerability (CVE-2024-3596) affects many devices like switches, routers, access points, and VPN products due to unauthenticated Access-Request packets lacking integrity checks.
  3. To mitigate the risk, all RADIUS servers must be upgraded, as upgrading only the clients will not secure the network.

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