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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-06 13:52 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:48
VLAI?
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
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OpenVPN OpenVPN Affected: 0 , < 2.6.11 (patch)
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