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 arbitr…
CVE-2024-27903 · GHSA-63q4-8wcf-wg8f · EUVD-2024-25095 · published 8 Jul 2024
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 7.2 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
Is your app affected by CVE-2024-27903?
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Who is affected
- OpenVPN OpenVPN 2: 2.6.9 and earlier
How to check
- Find out whether you run the affected product and which version, then compare it with the versions above.
How to fix
Copies a prompt for Claude Code, Cursor or Codex that asks it to check whether you run this product.
- Apply the vendor's update or mitigation from the references below. If there is none yet, limit exposure of the affected service until there is.
- If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.
The advisory
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.
Check your whole app
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References
- community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-27903
- openvpn.net/security-advisory/ovpnx-vulnerability-cve-2024-27903-cve-2024-27459-cve-2024-24974/
- www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07534.html
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