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TI-2020-09198 Aliases CVE-2020-11462GHSA-vc6m-jhq8-gmhj

An issue was discovered in OpenVPN Access Server before 2.7.0 and 2.8.x before 2.8.3.

Priority LOW 35CWE-776Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

An issue was discovered in OpenVPN Access Server before 2.7.0 and 2.8.x before 2.8.3. With the full featured RPC2 interface enabled, it is possible to achieve a temporary DoS state of the management interface when sending an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) payload to the XMLRPC based RPC2 interface. The duration of the DoS state depends on available memory and CPU speed. The default restricted mode of the RPC2 interface is NOT vulnerable.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01282 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn_access_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.7.0; 2.8.0 – 2.8.3VulnerableOpenVPN
  • cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn_access_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.7.0; 2.8.0 – 2.8.3 Vulnerable ·OpenVPN

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-11462
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vc6m-jhq8-gmhj

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-25309 Use after free in OpenVPN 2 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-07187 OpenVPN Access Server 2.8.x before 2.8.1 allows LDAP authentication bypass (except when a… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2006-01578 OpenVPN 2.0 through 2.0.5 allows remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code on… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
  • TI-2023-25308 Using the --fragment option in certain configuration setups OpenVPN version 2.6.0 to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2005-03217 Format string vulnerability in the foreign_option function in options.c for OpenVPN 2.0.x… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-02715 OpenVPN Access Server 2.7.2 through 3.1.0 accepts bare line-feed sequences inside HTTP… CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
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Sources

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