Code injection in OpenVPN Connect
Priority LOW 36CWE-95Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-95.
Summary
OpenVPN Connect version 3.0 through 3.4.6 on macOS allows local users to execute code in external third party libraries using the DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES environment variable
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00239 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-7224
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h25w-qh4w-j2hf
More OpenVPN Connect vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-08398 OS command injection in OpenVPN Connect CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2024-07856 OpenVPN Connect before version 3.5.0 can contain the configuration profile's clear-text… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-06629 The nodejs framework in OpenVPN Connect 3.0 through 3.4.3 (Windows)/3.4.7 (macOS) was not… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-02559 Uncontrolled search path in OpenVPN Connect CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-07554 OpenVPN Connect 3.1.0.361 on Windows has Insecure Permissions for %PROGRAMDATA%\OpenVPN… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-11853 Link following in OpenVPN Connect CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2023-7224 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-7224 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h25w-qh4w-j2hf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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