High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 8, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-27459

Description

The interactive service in OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier allows an attacker to send data causing a stack overflow which can be used to execute arbitrary code with more privileges.

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Affected products

OpenVPN/OpenVPN3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*range: <2.5.10
- (no CPE)range: <=2.6.9
- (no CPE)range: 2.6.9 and earlier

Patches

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References

community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-27459nvdVendor Advisory
openvpn.net/security-advisory/ovpnx-vulnerability-cve-2024-27903-cve-2024-27459-cve-2024-24974/nvdVendor Advisory
www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg07534.htmlnvdMailing List

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