CVE-2024-24974

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Published Jul 8, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 9.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

The interactive service in OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier allows the OpenVPN service pipe to be accessed remotely, which allows a remote attacker to interact with the privileged OpenVPN interactive service.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

OpenVPN

OpenVPN 2

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.6.9 and earlier`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:::::community:::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 9.8% (9.759% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-24974
https://openvpn.net/security-advisory/ovpnx-vulnerability-cve-2024-27903-cve-2024-27459-cve-2024-24974/
https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07534.html

History

Jul 16, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.09711}`	epss `{'score': 0.09949}`

Subscriptions

Openvpn Openvpn

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Nov 3, 2026, 9:52 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: OpenVPN
Published: Jul 8, 2024, 10:20 AM
Updated: Nov 3, 2026, 9:52 PM
Reserved: Mar 12, 2024, 6:26 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 11:36 PM

Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 11:36 PM

NVD Updated: Nov 3, 2026, 10:17 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 8, 2024, 11:15 AM
Modified: Nov 3, 2026, 10:17 PM

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