CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-9560

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.57%

44th percentile - higher than 44% of all known CVEs

Summary

Privilege escalation via background service in OpenVPN Connect 3.5.1 through 3.8.1 on macOS allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges through a local IPC channel.

Risk Assessment

The risk is that an attacker with local access can escalate privileges to the service level, potentially leading to system compromise or data theft.

Recommendation

Upgrade OpenVPN Connect to version 3.8.2 or later, which fixes this vulnerability, and restrict local system access.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Privilege escalation via background service of OpenVPN Connect 3.5.1 through 3.8.1 on macOS allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges via local IPC channel

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