CVE-2023-7235

HIGH

8.4

CVSS Score

Published: February 21, 2024 at 10:55 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:52 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorOpenVPN-GUIOpenVPN

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Severity

HIGH8.4

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

OpenVPN-GUI · Openvpn

95%

v < 2.6.9

Affected range stops below 2.6.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

OpenVPN · Openvpn

70%

v ≤ 2.6.8

Affected range stops below 2.6.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

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Source: [email protected]

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.4HIGHCISA-ADP

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-276

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