CVE-2026-78043

5.6 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (5.6). EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Windows Interactive Service in OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.6 allows local authenticated users to bypass the trusted configuration directory constraint and load arbitrary configuration files via specially crafted paths

Severity

CVSS 4.0

5.6 medium

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 6% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2026-09-07
Modified: 2026-09-08
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2026-78043

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