CVE-2024-5594

9.1 CRITICAL

Published: January 06, 2025 Modified: November 03, 2025

Description

OpenVPN before 2.6.11 does not santize PUSH_REPLY messages properly which an attacker controlling the server can use to inject unexpected arbitrary data ending up in client logs.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-5594

Source: security@openvpn.net

Vendor Advisory

https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07634.html

Source: security@openvpn.net

Release Notes

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00005.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

3 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

9.1 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.3%

51th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1287

Affected Vendors

openvpn

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