Is OpenVPN 2.2.3 affected?
Nov 30, 2014 · Release notes ↗
17 known vulnerabilities affect 2.2.3 (highest CVSS 9.8).
Your branch 2.2 has reached end of life (Nov 30, 2015).
77 newer releases in its track, up to 2.7.8. What changed up to 2.7.8
Vulnerabilities affecting 2.2.3
- 9.8 CVE-2024-27903 OpenVPN plug-ins on Windows with OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier could be loaded from any directory, which allows an attacker to load an arbitrary plug-in which can be used to interact with the privilege… fixed in 2.5.10
- 9.8 CVE-2022-0547 OpenVPN 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 use of deferred authentication replies, which allows an ex… fixed in 2.4.12
- 9.8 CVE-2017-12166 OpenVPN 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 resulting in code execution. fixed in 2.3.18
- 9.1 CVE-2018-7544 A cross-protocol scripting issue was discovered in the management interface in OpenVPN through 2.4.5. When this interface is enabled over TCP without a password, and when no other clients are conne…
- 7.8 CVE-2024-27459 The interactive service in OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier allows an attacker to send data causing a stack overflow which can be used to execute arbitrary code with more privileges. fixed in 2.5.10
- 7.8 CVE-2021-3606 OpenVPN before version 2.5.3 on Windows allows local users to load arbitrary dynamic loadable libraries via an OpenSSL configuration file if present, which allows the user to run arbitrary code wit… fixed in 2.5.3
- 7.5 CVE-2026-11771 OpenVPN version 2.1.0 through 2.6.20 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.4 allows attackers via an off-by-one buffer write in the NTLM proxy authentication to potentially cause a crash via a crafted NTLM re… fixed in 2.6.21
- 7.5 CVE-2024-24974 The interactive service in OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier allows the OpenVPN service pipe to be accessed remotely, which allows a remote attacker to interact with the privileged OpenVPN interactive serv… fixed in 2.5.10
- 7.5 CVE-2020-20813 Control Channel in OpenVPN 2.4.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted reset packet.
- 7.5 CVE-2020-15078 OpenVPN 2.5.1 and earlier versions allows a remote attackers to bypass authentication and access control channel data on servers configured with deferred authentication, which can be used to potent… fixed in 2.4.11
- 7.5 CVE-2017-7508 OpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to remote denial-of-service when receiving malformed IPv6 packet.
- 7.4 CVE-2017-7520 OpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to denial-of-service and/or possibly sensitive memory leak triggered by man-in-the-middle attacker.
- 6.5 CVE-2017-7522 OpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to denial-of-service by authenticated remote attacker via sending a certificate with an embedded NULL character.
- 6.5 CVE-2017-7479 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.
- 5.9 CVE-2017-7521 OpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to remote denial-of-service due to memory exhaustion caused by memory leaks and double-free issue in extract_x509_extension().
- 5.9 CVE-2016-6329 OpenVPN, when using a 64-bit block cipher, makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext data via a birthday attack against a long-duration encrypted session, as demonstrated by an HTTP-…
- 2.6 CVE-2013-2061 The openvpn_decrypt function in crypto.c in OpenVPN 2.3.0 and earlier, when running in UDP mode, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a timing attack involving an HMAC compar…
Newer releases
| 2.7.8 | Oct 6, 2026 | 2.2.3 → 2.7.8 |
| 2.7.7 | Sep 3, 2026 | 2.2.3 → 2.7.7 |
| 2.7.6 | Aug 4, 2026 | 2.2.3 → 2.7.6 |
| 2.7.5 | Jul 1, 2026 | 2.2.3 → 2.7.5 |
| 2.7.4 | Apr 30, 2026 | 2.2.3 → 2.7.4 |
| 2.7.3 | Apr 27, 2026 | 2.2.3 → 2.7.3 |
| 2.7.2 | Apr 21, 2026 | 2.2.3 → 2.7.2 |
| 2.7.1 | Mar 31, 2026 | 2.2.3 → 2.7.1 |
| 2.7.0 | Feb 11, 2026 | 2.2.3 → 2.7.0 |
| 2.6.23 | Sep 23, 2026 | 2.2.3 → 2.6.23 |
| 2.6.22 | Aug 5, 2026 | 2.2.3 → 2.6.22 |
| 2.6.21 | Jul 1, 2026 | 2.2.3 → 2.6.21 |
| 2.6.20 | Apr 22, 2026 | 2.2.3 → 2.6.20 |
| 2.6.19 | Feb 4, 2026 | 2.2.3 → 2.6.19 |
| 2.6.18 | Feb 3, 2026 | 2.2.3 → 2.6.18 |