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CVE-2024-0401

ASUS OVPN RCE

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: May 20, 2024 at 04:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:53 AM UTC
16 products affected across 1 vendorRT-AC68URT-AC86URT-AX88U

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

ASUS routers supporting custom OpenVPN profiles are vulnerable to a code execution vulnerability. An authenticated and remote attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands by uploading a crafted OVPN profile. Known affected routers include ASUS ExpertWiFi, ASUS RT-AX55, ASUS RT-AX58U, ASUS RT-AC67U, ASUS RT-AC68R, ASUS RT-AC68U, ASUS RT-AX86, ASUS RT-AC86U, ASUS RT-AX88U, and ASUS RT-AX3000.

Affected

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

RT-AC68U· ASUS
95%
v < 3.0.0.4.386_51685
Affected range stops below 3.0.0.4.386_51685, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
RT-AC68R· ASUS
90%
v < 3.0.0.4.386_51685
Affected range stops below 3.0.0.4.386_51685, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
RT-AC86U· ASUS
90%
v < 3.0.0.4.386_51925
Affected range stops below 3.0.0.4.386_51925, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
RT-AX3000· ASUS
90%
v < 3.0.0.4.388_24762
Affected range stops below 3.0.0.4.388_24762, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Rt AX55 Firmware· ASUS
90%
v < 3.0.0.4.386_52303
Affected range stops below 3.0.0.4.386_52303, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
RT-AX58U· ASUS
90%
v < 3.0.0.4.388_24762
Affected range stops below 3.0.0.4.388_24762, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
RT-AX88U· ASUS
90%
v < 3.0.0.4.388_24209
Affected range stops below 3.0.0.4.388_24209, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
ExpertWiFi· ASUS
60%
v < 3.0.0.6.102_44544
Affected range stops below 3.0.0.6.102_44544, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
RT-AC1900· ASUS
60%
v < 3.0.0.4.386_51685
Affected range stops below 3.0.0.4.386_51685, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
RT-AC1900U· ASUS
60%
v < 3.0.0.4.386_51685
Affected range stops below 3.0.0.4.386_51685, 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)

Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://vulncheck.com/advisories/asus-ovpn-rce

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

7.2HIGHVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-78

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