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9.4 CriticalCWE-78
CVE-2026-9560

OpenVPN Inc OpenVPN Connect vulnerability

OpenVPN IncOpenVPN Connect

Status
  • Not in CISA KEV
  • Vendor fix available
Exploit probabilityEPSSchecked 25 Oct
0.6%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

Higher than 47% of scored CVEs

SeverityCVSS
9.4Critical

Description NVD

Privilege escalation via background service of OpenVPN Connect 3.5.1 through 3.8.1 on macOS allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges via local IPC channel

Coverage 1 article · 1 outlet

First in our coverage: SecurityOnline, 28 MayRSS feed
  1. OpenVPN Connect macOS flaw lets attackers gain admin controlSecurityOnline · first in our coverage

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