CVE-2025-10680

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-10680
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerOpenVPN
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-10-24 10:15:34 UTC
Updated2026-10-19 16:10:00 UTC
DescriptionOpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7_beta1 on POSIX based platforms allows a remote authenticated server to inject shell commands via DNS variables when --dns-updown is in use

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.8 HIGH from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.073450000 probability, percentile 0.943750000 (date 2026-10-28)

Problem Types: CWE-78 | CWE-78 CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA OpenVPN OpenVPN affected 2.7_alpha1 2.7_beta1 semver BSD, Linux, MacOS, POSIX

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2025-10680 [email protected] community.openvpn.net
www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00149.html [email protected] www.mail-archive.com
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