Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in OpenVPN for Windows
CVE-2024-4877

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Openvpn
Status
Openvpn
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 April 2025

What is CVE-2024-4877?

A security flaw in OpenVPN for Windows allows an external process with lower privileges to generate a named pipe that the OpenVPN GUI can connect to. This connection can facilitate unauthorized privilege escalation, posing significant risks to system integrity and user data.

Affected Version(s)

OpenVPN Windows 2.4.0 <= 2.6.11

References

https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-4877
https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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