CVE-2021-45810
Multiple versions of GlobalProtect-openconnect are affected by incorrect access control in...
GlobalProtect-openconnect versions prior to 2.0.0 (exclusive) are affected by incorrect access control in GPService through DBUS, GUI. The way GlobalProtect-Openconnect is set up enables arbitrary users to start a VPN connection to arbitrary servers. By hosting an openconnect compatible server, the attack can redirect the entire host's traffic via their own server.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
GlobalProtect-openconnect versions prior to 2.0.0 (exclusive) are affected by incorrect access control in GPService through DBUS, GUI. The way GlobalProtect-Openconnect is set up enables arbitrary users to start a VPN connection to arbitrary servers. By hosting an openconnect compatible server, the attack can redirect the entire host's traffic via their own server.
- Record
CVE-2021-45810- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
GlobalProtect-openconnect versions prior to 2.0.0 (exclusive) are affected by incorrect access control in GPService through DBUS, GUI. The way GlobalProtect-Openconnect is set up enables arbitrary users to start a VPN connection to arbitrary servers. By hosting an openconnect compatible server, the attack can redirect the entire host's traffic via their own server.
- Record
CVE-2021-45810- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-32528 No score
GlobalProtect-openconnect versions prior to 2.0.0 (exclusive) are affected by incorrect access control in GPService through DBUS, GUI. The way GlobalProtect-Openconnect is set up enables arbitrary users to start a VPN connection to arbitrary servers. By hosting an openconnect compatible server, the attack can redirect the entire host's traffic via their own server.
- Record
EUVD-2021-32528- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6g4c-q83h-cgh9
Multiple versions of GlobalProtect-openconnect are affected by incorrect access control in...
Multiple versions of GlobalProtect-openconnect are affected by incorrect access control in GPService through DBUS, GUI. The way GlobalProtect-Openconnect is set up enables arbitrary users to start a VPN connection to arbitrary servers. By hosting an openconnect compatible server, the attack can redirect the entire host's traffic via their own server.
- Record
GHSA-6g4c-q83h-cgh9- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
GlobalProtect-openconnect versions prior to 2.0.0 (exclusive) are affected by incorrect access control in GPService through DBUS, GUI. The way GlobalProtect-Openconnect is set up enables arbitrary users to start a VPN connection to arbitrary servers. By hosting an openconnect compatible server, the attack can redirect the entire host's traffic via their own server.
- Record
CVE-2021-45810- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-45810 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Globalprotect-openconnect Project Globalprotect-openconnect, published March 22, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.81%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.