Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-46849

Title: Openvpn Openvpn Path Traversal / LFI

Path Traversal / LFI

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-46849.

CWE Category CWE-369
Published Date Nov 11, 2023
Modified Date Jun 11, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.15%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-46849: Using the --fragment option in certain configuration setups OpenVPN version 2.6.0 to 2.6.6 allows an attacker to trigger a divide by zero behaviour which could cause an application crash, leading to a denial of service.

Impacted Vendors

O
openvpn 2
A
aviatrix 1

Reference Links

https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2023-46849 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/L3FS46ANNTAVLIQY56ZKGM5CBTRVBUNE/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/O54I7D753V6PU6XBU26FEROD2DSHEJQ4/ https://openvpn.net/security-advisory/access-server-security-update-cve-2023-46849-cve-2023-46850/ https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5555 https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2023-46849 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/L3FS46ANNTAVLIQY56ZKGM5CBTRVBUNE/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/O54I7D753V6PU6XBU26FEROD2DSHEJQ4/ https://openvpn.net/security-advisory/access-server-security-update-cve-2023-46849-cve-2023-46850/ https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5555
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
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:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
7.5
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:N/I:N/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-46849 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:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.