Description
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.
Published: 2024-07-08
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: 8.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Openvpn openvpn2
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openvpn openvpn2
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.06993}

epss

{'score': 0.07171}


Sat, 10 Aug 2024 04:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openvpn openvpn2
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Openvpn Openvpn Openvpn2
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: OpenVPN

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-03T23:55:36.993Z

Reserved: 2024-03-12T18:26:01.705Z

Link: CVE-2024-27903

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:41:55.566Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-07-08T11:15:10.390

Modified: 2026-11-03T22:17:16.907

Link: CVE-2024-27903

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Weaknesses