CVE-2023-7235

HighCVSS 8.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The OpenVPN GUI installer before version 2.6.9 did not set the proper access control restrictions to the installation directory of OpenVPN binaries when using a non-standard installation path, which allows an attacker to replace binaries to run arbitrary executables.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-276

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
OpenVPN	OpenVPN	<= 2.6.8
openvpn	openvpn	<= 2.6.8

References

https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2023-7235Permissions Required
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2023-7235Permissions Required

Timeline

Published: Feb 21, 2024
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed

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