What is CVE-2025-10680?

CVE-2025-10680 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openvpn, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-10-24.

How severe is CVE-2025-10680?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Openvpn

CVE-2025-10680

OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7_beta1 on POSIX based platforms allows a remote authenticated server to inject shell commands via DNS variables when --dns-updown is in use

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.071 (93.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Openvpn — versions 2.7_alpha1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

security@openvpn.net (vendor-advisory)
security@openvpn.net (release-notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-10680?: CVE-2025-10680 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openvpn, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2025-10680?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.