CVE-2023-7235

Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-02-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-276

Description

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.

Affected products

Openvpn Gui: before 2.6.9 — fixed in 2.6.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Openvpn Gui 2.6.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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