OpenVPN versions before 2.3.15 and before 2.4.2 are vulnerable to reachable assertion when packet-ID counter rolls over resulting into Denia
OpenVPN versions before 2.3.15 and before 2.4.2 are vulnerable to reachable assertion when packet-ID counter rolls over resulting into Denial of Service of server by authenticated attacker.
- Published
- May 15, 2017
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.9% · 78th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-617
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Report tools
Action score
27
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 1.9%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| openvpn | openvpn | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- openvpn openvpnup to 2.3.14 inclusive
- openvpn openvpn2.4.0
- openvpn openvpn2.4.1
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
OpenVPN Technologies, Inc openvpn
- < 2.3.15, < 2.4.2affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.5 | openvpn | before 2.3.15-r0 | 2.3.15-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.6 | openvpn | before 2.4.2-r0 | 2.4.2-r0 |
| Debian:12 | openvpn | before 2.4.0-5 | 2.4.0-5 |
| Debian:7 | openvpn | before 2.2.1-8+deb7u4 | 2.2.1-8+deb7u4 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | openvpn | before 2.3.8-16.14.1 | 2.3.8-16.14.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | openvpn | before 2.0.9-143.47.3.1 | 2.0.9-143.47.3.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY | openvpn-openssl1 | before 2.3.2-0.9.1 | 2.3.2-0.9.1 |
Same product
openvpn: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2024-27903OpenVPN plug-ins on Windows with OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier could be loaded from any directory, which allows an attacker to load an arbitrary42Plan
- CVE-2023-46850Use after free in OpenVPN version 2.6.0 to 2.6.6 may lead to undefined behavoir, leaking memory buffers or remote execution when sending net40Plan
- CVE-2022-0547OpenVPN 2.1 until v2.4.12 and v2.5.6 may enable authentication bypass in external authentication plug-ins when more than one of them makes u40Plan
- CVE-2017-12166OpenVPN versions before 2.3.3 and 2.4.x before 2.4.4 are vulnerable to a buffer overflow vulnerability when key-method 1 is used, possibly r40Plan
- CVE-2025-10680OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7_beta1 on POSIX based platforms allows a remote authenticated server to inject shell commands via DNS variable37Monitor
- CVE-2018-7544A cross-protocol scripting issue was discovered in the management interface in OpenVPN through 2.4.5.37Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| alpine:openvpn | 2.3.15-r0 · Alpine:v3.5 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:openvpn | 2.4.0-5 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:openvpn | 2.3.8-16.14.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:openvpn-openssl1 | 2.3.2-0.9.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-617 · Reachable AssertionCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
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References
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3900
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98443
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038473
- community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/QuarkslabAndCryptographyEngineerAudits
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.