Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-7235

Title: Openvpn Openvpn Gui Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-7235.

CWE Category CWE-276

Published Date Feb 21, 2024

Modified Date May 06, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 8.4 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.21%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-7235: 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.

Impacted Vendors

openvpn 1

Reference Links

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

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Severity HIGH

8.4

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-7235 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 06, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 21, 2024 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.