CVE-2024-27903

Published: 8 July 2024

OpenVPN plug-ins on Windows with OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier could be loaded from any directory, which allows an attacker to load an arbitrary plug-in which can be used to interact with the privileged OpenVPN interactive service.

Notes

Author	Note
mdeslaur	Windows-specific issue

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
openvpn Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (Windows only)
	focal	Not vulnerable (Windows only)
	jammy	Not vulnerable (Windows only)
	mantic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	noble	Not vulnerable (Windows only)
	trusty	Not vulnerable (Windows only)
	upstream	Not vulnerable (debian: Only affects Windows)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (Windows only)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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