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Vulnerability details: VCID-qw3z-yr6x-2uhd
Vulnerability ID VCID-qw3z-yr6x-2uhd
Aliases CVE-2024-27903
Summary OpenVPN plug-ins on Windows with OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier could be loaded from any directory, which allows an attacker to load an arbitrary plug-in which can be used to interact with the privileged OpenVPN interactive service.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
System Score Found at
epss 0.06993 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-27903
epss 0.06993 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-27903
epss 0.06993 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-27903
epss 0.06993 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-27903
epss 0.06993 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-27903
epss 0.06993 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-27903
epss 0.06993 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-27903
epss 0.06993 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-27903
epss 0.06993 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-27903
epss 0.06993 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-27903
epss 0.06993 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-27903
epss 0.06993 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-27903
epss 0.06993 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-27903
cvssv3.1 7.2 https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-27903
ssvc Track https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-27903
cvssv3.1 6.7 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.2 https://openvpn.net/security-advisory/ovpnx-vulnerability-cve-2024-27903-cve-2024-27459-cve-2024-24974/
ssvc Track https://openvpn.net/security-advisory/ovpnx-vulnerability-cve-2024-27903-cve-2024-27459-cve-2024-24974/
cvssv3.1 7.2 https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07534.html
ssvc Track https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07534.html
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-27903
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-08T14:29:39Z/ Found at https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-27903
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://openvpn.net/security-advisory/ovpnx-vulnerability-cve-2024-27903-cve-2024-27459-cve-2024-24974/
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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high

none

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unchanged

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-08T14:29:39Z/ Found at https://openvpn.net/security-advisory/ovpnx-vulnerability-cve-2024-27903-cve-2024-27459-cve-2024-24974/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07534.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-08T14:29:39Z/ Found at https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07534.html
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.9142
EPSS Score 0.06993
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T18:08:45.422109+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2024/27xxx/CVE-2024-27903.json 38.0.0