CVE-2023-7235 is a high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.4) affecting the OpenVPN GUI installer prior to version 2.6.9. It allows an attacker to replace OpenVPN binaries with arbitrary executables if a non-standard installation path is used, due to improper access control. This local vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0, <= 2.6.8CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn_gui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.