CVE-2023-7245

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-02-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-95

Description

The nodejs framework in OpenVPN Connect 3.0 through 3.4.3 (Windows)/3.4.7 (macOS) was not properly configured, which allows a local user to execute arbitrary code within the nodejs process context via the ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE environment variable

Affected products

OpenVPN Connect: from 3.2.0 before 3.4.4; from 3.2.0 before 3.4.8; 3.0.0-beta, 3.0.1-beta, 3.0.2-beta, 3.1.0-beta, 3.1.1-beta, 3.1.2-beta (+1) — fixed in 3.4.4, 3.4.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenVPN Connect 3.4.4, 3.4.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/openvpn-connect-for-macos-change-log/
https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/openvpn-connect-for-windows-change-log/
https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/openvpn-connect-for-macos-change-log/
https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/openvpn-connect-for-windows-change-log/

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