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2 vulnerabilities by OpenVPN Inc

CVE-2026-9560 (GCVE-0-2026-9560)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-26 17:39 – Updated: 2026-05-27 03:55
VLAI
Summary
Privilege escalation via background service of OpenVPN Connect 3.5.1 through 3.8.1 on macOS allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges via local IPC channel
Severity
9.4 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
8.9 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CWE
  • CWE-78
  • CWE-267 - Privilege defined with unsafe actions
  • CWE-270 - Privilege context switching error
  • CWE-648 - Incorrect use of privileged APIs
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OpenVPN Inc OpenVPN Connect Affected: 3.5.1 , ≤ 3.8.1 (semver)
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CVE-2022-3761 (GCVE-0-2022-3761)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-17 12:10 – Updated: 2024-08-03 01:20
VLAI
Summary
OpenVPN Connect versions before 3.4.0.4506 (macOS) and OpenVPN Connect before 3.4.0.3100 (Windows) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept configuration profile download requests which contains the users credentials
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OpenVPN Inc OpenVPN Connect Affected: until 3.4.0.4506 , < 3.4.0.4506 (macOS)
Affected: until 3.4.0.3100 , < 3.4.0.3100 (Windows)
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