9.8

CVE-2024-27903: openvpn Unverified Ownership

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
Published 08-07-2024Last modified 23-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-27903 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Unverified Ownership vulnerability in openvpn. EPSS estimates a 8.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.92%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.92%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 8.92% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
8.92%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Openvpn2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

3 links