CVE-2023-7235

8.4 highEPSS 0.2%

High (8.4) in openvpn openvpn gui. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The OpenVPN GUI installer before version 2.6.9 did not set the proper access control restrictions to the installation directory of OpenVPN binaries when using a non-standard installation path, which allows an attacker to replace binaries to run arbitrary executables.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.4 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 11% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-276
Published: 2024-02-21
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

openvpn:openvpn_gui

References

https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2023-7235
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2023-7235

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