High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 3, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-4877
CVE-2024-4877
Description
OpenVPN version 2.4.0 through 2.6.10 on Windows allows an external, lesser privileged process to create a named pipe which the OpenVPN GUI component would connect to allowing it to escalate its privileges
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References
2- community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-4877nvdPermissions Required
- www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg07634.htmlnvdMailing ListRelease Notes
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