9.1

CVE-2024-5594: openvpn

CVSS: 9.1v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2024-5594MGASA-2024-0255SUSE-SU-2025:0278-1
Published 06-01-2025Last modified 03-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-5594 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) vulnerability in openvpn. EPSS estimates a 0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.1/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.82%
0%100%
Low · -0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
DLA-4079-1USN-6860-1USN-7340-1

Timeline

  1. 06-01-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

OpenVPN before 2.6.11 does not santize PUSH_REPLY messages properly which an attacker controlling the server can use to inject unexpected arbitrary data ending up in client logs.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.82%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

56%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.02 pp

From 0.83% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.82%

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

Suse14 products
  • openvpn-dco&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6< 2.6.8-150600.3.14.1
  • openvpn&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS< 2.5.6-150400.3.9.1
  • openvpn&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS< 2.5.6-150400.3.9.1
  • openvpn&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS< 2.5.6-150400.3.9.1
  • openvpn&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS< 2.5.6-150400.3.9.1
Opensuse3 products
  • openvpn-dco&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 2.6.8-150600.3.14.1
  • openvpn&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 2.6.8-150600.3.14.1
  • openvpn&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 2.6.10-5.1
Alpine1 product
  • openvpn≥ 2.6.0, < 2.5.10-r1 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.6.11-r0
Debian1 product
  • openvpn< 2.6.3-1+deb12u3 | < 2.6.11-1
Mageia1 product
  • openvpn< 2.5.9-1.1.mga9
Openvpn1 product
  • openvpn< 2.6.11 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.6.11
Ubuntu1 product
  • openvpn< 2.3.2-7ubuntu3.2+esm2 | < 2.3.10-1ubuntu2.2+esm2 | < 2.4.4-2ubuntu1.7+esm1 | < 2.4.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 | < 2.5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.3 | < 2.6.9-1ubuntu4.1

7 vendors · 22 products

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