CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-84226

HighCVSS 8.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

OpenVPN version 2.5.0 through 2.6.22 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.6 on Windows allows local authenticated users to perform a binary planting attack during network configuration steps.

Risk Assessment

Risk of privilege escalation or malicious code execution in the context of the OpenVPN process by a local user.

Recommendation

Update OpenVPN to a patched version and ensure directories used during network configuration are protected from unauthorized writes.

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Original NVD description (English source)

OpenVPN version 2.5.0 through 2.6.22 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.6 on Windows allows local authenticated users to perform a binary planting attack during network configuration steps

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