CVE-2024-5594 (GCVE-0-2024-5594)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-06 13:52 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-06 16:56 UTC
CWE
- CWE-1287 - Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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