What is CVE-2024-28882?

CVE-2024-28882 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openvpn, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-07-08.

How severe is CVE-2024-28882?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Openvpn

CVE-2024-28882

OpenVPN from 2.6.0 through 2.6.10 in a server role accepts multiple exit notifications from authenticated clients which will extend the validity of a closing session

Published 2024-07-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Openvpn — versions 2.6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-28882 (Vendor Advisory)
www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07634.html (Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-28882?: CVE-2024-28882 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openvpn, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-07-08.
How severe is CVE-2024-28882?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.