CVE-2024-27903 is a critical vulnerability affecting OpenVPN plug-ins on Windows, specifically versions 2.6.9 and earlier. It allows an unauthenticated attacker to load arbitrary plug-ins from any directory, enabling interaction with the privileged OpenVPN interactive service. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability presents a severe risk, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, including a warning from Microsoft.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.5.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
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