CVE-2024-5594

April 2, 2025, 9:15 p.m.

9.1
Critical

Description

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
OpenVPN
  • ['before 2.6.11']

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-1287
Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input
The product receives input that is expected to be of a certain type, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input is actually of the expected type.

References

https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-5594
https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07634.html

Tags

CWE-1287
security@openvpn.net
2025-01-06
CVE-2024-5594

CVSS Score

9.1 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: NONE

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

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Timeline

Published: Jan. 6, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified: April 2, 2025, 9:15 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been marked for Analysis. Normally once in this state the CVE will be analyzed by NVD staff within 24 hours.

More info

Source

security@openvpn.net

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