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CVE-2024-5594

Published: Jan 6, 2025Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDU csafCWE-1287
NVD MITRE
9.1CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 47.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-1287

Affected Products

OpenVPNOpenVPN
On-premSecurity Product
Networking Infrastructure
openvpnopenvpn
On-premSecurity Product
Networking Infrastructure
UbuntuCanonical Ltd.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openvpnoss-projectUSNetworking Infrastructureaka openvpn access server, connect
canonical ltd.commercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
and 3 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-5594
community.openvpn.net
https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07634.html
mail-archive.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-354112.json
cert-portal.siemens.com
and 16 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jan 6, 2025
Last Updated
Nov 3, 2025

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