CVE-2024-24974

The interactive service in OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier allows the OpenVPN service pipe to be...

7.5 High

The interactive service in OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier allows the OpenVPN service pipe to be accessed remotely, which allows a remote attacker to interact with the privileged OpenVPN interactive service.

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: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

9.76%Up 9.7 points since Jul 9, 2024

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Record: CVE-2024-24974
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-923
Updated: 2026-11-04

CVE List 7.5

Record: CVE-2024-24974
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-923
Updated: 2026-11-03

EUVDEUVD-2024-22337 7.5

Record: EUVD-2024-22337
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mfqw-44wg-mrpf 7.5

The interactive service in OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier allows the OpenVPN service pipe to be...

Record: GHSA-mfqw-44wg-mrpf
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-923
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 7.5

Record: CVE-2024-24974
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-923
Updated: 2026-11-07

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	facts	CVE List, EUVD
Nov 3, 2026	aliases, published	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-24974 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Openvpn, published July 8, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 9.76%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.