VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-4877

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.44%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-04-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

OpenVPN version 2.4.0 through 2.6.10 on Windows allows an external, lesser privileged process to create a named pipe which the OpenVPN GUI component would connect to allowing it to escalate its privileges

Weakness classification

  • security@openvpn.net: CWE-268
  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references