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GHSA-F2H8-4W6P-535W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-06 15:31 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:32

Details

OpenVPN before 2.6.11 does not santize PUSH_REPLY messages properly which attackers can use to inject unexpected arbitrary data into third-party executables or plug-ins.

Severity ?

9.1 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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  "id": "GHSA-f2h8-4w6p-535w",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:32:03Z",
  "published": "2025-01-06T15:31:00Z",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00005.html"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07634.html"
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CVE-2024-5594 (GCVE-0-2024-5594)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-06 13:52 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:48

Summary

OpenVPN before 2.6.11 does not santize PUSH_REPLY messages properly which an attacker controlling the server can use to inject unexpected arbitrary data ending up in client logs.

Severity ?

9.1 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-1287 - Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input

Assigner

OpenVPN

References

URL

Tags

	https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-20…
	https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	OpenVPN	OpenVPN	Affected: 0 , < 2.6.11 (patch)

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-F2H8-4W6P-535W

CVE-2024-5594 (GCVE-0-2024-5594)

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