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Medium 5.6Published Sep 7, 2026
CVE-2026-78043The Windows Interactive Service in OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.6 allows local authenticated users to bypass the trusted configuration directory constraint and load arbitrary configuration files vi…
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The Windows Interactive Service in OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.6 allows local authenticated users to bypass the trusted configuration directory constraint and load arbitrary configuration files via specially crafted paths
- CVSS
- 5.6 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- OpenVPN
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Sep 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
OpenVPN OpenVPN openvpn:openvpn (from the name) | from 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.6 | CNA record |
References
- https://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2026-78043vendor-advisory
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