CVE-2024-27903
OpenVPN plug-ins on Windows with OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier could be loaded from any directory,...
OpenVPN plug-ins on Windows with OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier could be loaded from any directory, which allows an attacker to load an arbitrary plug-in which can be used 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
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
OpenVPN plug-ins on Windows with OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier could be loaded from any directory, which allows an attacker to load an arbitrary plug-in which can be used to interact with the privileged OpenVPN interactive service.
- Record
CVE-2024-27903- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-283, CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-04
CVE List
OpenVPN plug-ins on Windows with OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier could be loaded from any directory, which allows an attacker to load an arbitrary plug-in which can be used to interact with the privileged OpenVPN interactive service.
- Record
CVE-2024-27903- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-283
- Updated
- 2026-11-04
EUVDEUVD-2024-25095
OpenVPN plug-ins on Windows with OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier could be loaded from any directory, which allows an attacker to load an arbitrary plug-in which can be used to interact with the privileged OpenVPN interactive service.
- Record
EUVD-2024-25095- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-63q4-8wcf-wg8f
OpenVPN plug-ins on Windows with OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier could be loaded from any directory,...
OpenVPN plug-ins on Windows with OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier could be loaded from any directory, which allows an attacker to load an arbitrary plug-in which can be used to interact with the privileged OpenVPN interactive service.
- Record
GHSA-63q4-8wcf-wg8f- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-283, CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
OpenVPN plug-ins on Windows with OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier could be loaded from any directory, which allows an attacker to load an arbitrary plug-in which can be used to interact with the privileged OpenVPN interactive service.
- Record
CVE-2024-27903- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-283
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | CVE List, EUVD | |
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-27903 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Openvpn, published July 8, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.92%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-27903
openvpn.net/security-advisory/ovpnx-vulnerability-cve-2024-27903-cve-2024-27459-cve-2024-24974
mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg07534.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27903
github.com/advisories/GHSA-63q4-8wcf-wg8f