What is CVE-2020-15076?

CVE-2020-15076 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openvpn Private Tunnel, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-05-26.

How severe is CVE-2020-15076?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Openvpn Private Tunnel

CVE-2020-15076

Private Tunnel installer for macOS version 3.0.1 and older versions may corrupt system critical files it should not have access via symlinks in /tmp.

Published 2021-05-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Openvpn Private Tunnel
Private Tunnel — versions 3.0.1 and prior versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

swupdate.openvpn.net/downloads/privatetunnel/changelog.txt (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-15076?: CVE-2020-15076 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openvpn Private Tunnel, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-05-26.
How severe is CVE-2020-15076?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.