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CVE-2022-33737 (GCVE-0-2022-33737)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-07-06 15:09 – Updated: 2024-08-03 08:09
VLAI
Summary
The OpenVPN Access Server installer creates a log file readable for everyone, which from version 2.10.0 and before 2.11.0 may contain a random generated admin password
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-708 - Incorrect Ownership Assignment
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a OpenVPN Access Server Affected: from version 2.10.0 and before 2.11.0
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