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CVE-2020-13417

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-05-22 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An Elevation of Privilege issue was discovered in Aviatrix VPN Client before 2.10.7, because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-7224. This affects Linux, macOS, and Windows installations for certain OpenSSL parameters.

Affected products

• Aviatrix Controller: before 5.3 — fixed in 5.3
• Aviatrix Gateway: before 5.3 — fixed in 5.3
• Aviatrix Vpn Client: before 2.10.7 — fixed in 2.10.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Aviatrix Controller 5.3; Aviatrix Gateway 5.3; Aviatrix Vpn Client 2.10.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.aviatrix.com/HowTos/security_bulletin_article.html#openvpn-client-elevation-of-privilege
• https://www.criticalstart.com/multiple-vulnerabilities-discovered-in-aviatrix/
• https://docs.aviatrix.com/HowTos/security_bulletin_article.html#openvpn-client-elevation-of-privilege
• https://www.criticalstart.com/multiple-vulnerabilities-discovered-in-aviatrix/

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