Vulnerability Report

CVE-2022-0547

Title: Openvpn Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2022-0547.

CWE Category CWE-287
Published Date Mar 18, 2022
Modified Date Nov 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
3.52%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-0547: OpenVPN 2.1 until v2.4.12 and v2.5.6 may enable authentication bypass in external authentication plug-ins when more than one of them makes use of deferred authentication replies, which allows an external user to be granted access with only partially correct credentials.

Impacted Vendors

O
openvpn 1
A
aviatrix 1

Reference Links

https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2022-0547 https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/SecurityAnnouncements https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00002.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GFXJ35WKPME4HYNQCQNAJHLCZOJL2SAE/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R36OYC5SJ6FLPVAYJYYT4MOJ2I7MGYFF/ https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/ https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2022-0547 https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/SecurityAnnouncements https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00002.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00005.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GFXJ35WKPME4HYNQCQNAJHLCZOJL2SAE/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R36OYC5SJ6FLPVAYJYYT4MOJ2I7MGYFF/ https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2022-0547 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.