CVE-2025-3908 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting OpenVPN 3 Linux versions 20 through 24. A local attacker can manipulate symlinks during configuration initialization to alter the ownership and permissions of arbitrary directories. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.2), this vulnerability requires local access but has high confidentiality impact, allowing unauthorized access to sensitive data. There is no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion reported at this time.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 20, <= 24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn3linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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