CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-78043

MediumCVSS 5.6
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Windows Interactive Service in OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.6 allows local authenticated users to bypass the trusted configuration directory constraint and load arbitrary configuration files via specially crafted paths.

Risk Assessment

A local user may load malicious configuration files, potentially leading to compromise of the VPN client or privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Update OpenVPN to a version that fixes path validation. Monitor local user privileges as well.

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Original NVD description (English source)

The Windows Interactive Service in OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.6 allows local authenticated users to bypass the trusted configuration directory constraint and load arbitrary configuration files via specially crafted paths

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS