github - ghsa-c26r-vw7p-2m7h

ghsa-c26r-vw7p-2m7h

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-04-03 18:30

Modified

2025-04-04 15:31

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

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

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-4877"
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      "CWE-268"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-04-03T16:15:32Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-c26r-vw7p-2m7h",
  "modified": "2025-04-04T15:31:15Z",
  "published": "2025-04-03T18:30:58Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4877"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-4877"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07634.html"
    }
  ],
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  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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  ]
}

cve-2024-4877

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-04-03 15:11

Modified

2025-04-04 13:25

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-4877
	https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07634.html

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	OpenVPN	OpenVPN

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