High severity7.4NVD Advisory· Published Jul 12, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-3547
CVE-2021-3547
Description
OpenVPN 3 Core Library version 3.6 and 3.6.1 allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to bypass the certificate authentication by issuing an unrelated server certificate using the same hostname found in the verify-x509-name option in a client configuration.
Affected products
4- OpenVPN/OpenVPN 3 Core Librarydescription
- Range: 3.6, 3.6.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2021-3547nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/SecurityAnnouncementsnvdVendor Advisory
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