CVE-2023-7235 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The OpenVPN GUI installer before version 2.6.9 did not set the proper access control restrictions to the installation directory of OpenVPN binaries when using a non-standard installation path, which allows an attacker to replace binaries to run arbitrary executables.

Published: 2024-02-21

Score: 8.4 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

OpenVPN

OpenVPN

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 2.6.8

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn_gui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00029.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2023-7235

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00021}`	epss `{'score': 0.00029}`

Tue, 06 May 2025 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Openvpn Openvpn openvpn Gui
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn_gui::::::::
Vendors & Products		Openvpn Openvpn openvpn Gui

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

Subscriptions

Openvpn Openvpn Gui

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: OpenVPN

Published: 2024-02-21T10:55:15.487Z

Updated: 2024-08-26T16:13:36.611Z

Reserved: 2024-01-16T15:21:16.217Z

Link: CVE-2023-7235

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:57:35.194Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-21T11:15:07.673

Modified: 2025-05-06T18:02:59.910

Link: CVE-2023-7235

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-276

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