VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-7235

CVSS score8.4 HIGH
EPSS probability0.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-02-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The OpenVPN GUI installer before version 2.6.9 did not set the proper access control restrictions to the installation directory of OpenVPN binaries when using a non-standard installation path, which allows an attacker to replace binaries to run arbitrary executables.

Weakness classification

  • security@openvpn.net: CWE-276
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-276

Primary references