What is CVE-2024-5594?

CVE-2024-5594 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Openvpn, classified under CWE-1287. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2024-5594?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-5594 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Openvpn

CVE-2024-5594

OpenVPN before 2.6.11 does not santize PUSH_REPLY messages properly which an attacker controlling the server can use to inject unexpected arbitrary data ending up in client logs.

EPSS: 0.008 (53.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Openvpn — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1287

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds
w4zu/Debian_

References

security@openvpn.net (Vendor Advisory)
security@openvpn.net (Release Notes)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5594?: CVE-2024-5594 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Openvpn, classified under CWE-1287. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2024-5594?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-5594 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.