CVE-2024-27459
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 8, 2024 at 10:14 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:19 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorOpenVPNOpenVPN-GUI
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
The interactive service in OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier allows an attacker to send data causing a stack overflow which can be used to execute arbitrary code with more privileges.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 2.6.9v < 2.5.102.6.0 ≤ v < 2.6.10
Affected range stops below 2.5.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.6.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v ≤ 2.6.9
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-121CWE-787
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