Improper certificate validation in OpenVPN
Priority LOW 10CWE-115Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.5 using mbedTLS allows remote authenticated users to be misidentified by ignoring the configured X.509 username identity lookup field
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00228 13th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed OpenVPN (OpenVPN): 2.7.6
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA OpenVPN (OpenVPN) Fixed in 2.7.6
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-63650
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f94x-h63g-g9m8
References
More OpenVPN vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-01215 Integer overflow in OpenVPN tap-windows6 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-04453 Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the ptservice service prior to… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2022-00467 Authentication bypass in OpenVPN CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-18509 Unrestricted file upload in OpenVPN 2 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-16468 The interactive service in OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier allows the OpenVPN service pipe to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-25309 Use after free in OpenVPN 2 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-63650 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-63650 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f94x-h63g-g9m8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-63650 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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