FKIE_CVE-2023-7245

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-02-20 11:15 - Updated: 2025-04-02 20:11
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The nodejs framework in OpenVPN Connect 3.0 through 3.4.3 (Windows)/3.4.7 (macOS) was not properly configured, which allows a local user to execute arbitrary code within the nodejs process context via the ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE environment variable
References
security@openvpn.nethttps://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/openvpn-connect-for-macos-change-log/Release Notes
security@openvpn.nethttps://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/openvpn-connect-for-windows-change-log/Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/openvpn-connect-for-macos-change-log/Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/openvpn-connect-for-windows-change-log/Release Notes
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openvpn connect *
openvpn connect *
openvpn connect 3.0.0
openvpn connect 3.0.0
openvpn connect 3.0.1
openvpn connect 3.0.2
openvpn connect 3.1.0
openvpn connect 3.1.0
openvpn connect 3.1.1
openvpn connect 3.1.1
openvpn connect 3.1.2
openvpn connect 3.1.3
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