CVE-2026-9560

9.4 criticalEPSS 0.6%

Critical (9.4) in openvpn connect. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Privilege escalation via background service of OpenVPN Connect 3.5.1 through 3.8.1 on macOS allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges via local IPC channel

Severity

CVSS 4.0

9.4 critical

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

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 47% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-78, CWE-267, CWE-270, CWE-648
Published: 2026-05-26
Modified: 2026-07-23
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

openvpn:connect

References

https://openvpn.net/connect-docs/macos-release-notes.html

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