CVE-2026-41070 PUBLISHED

openvpn-auth-oauth2 returns FUNC_SUCCESS on client-deny, allowing unauthenticated VPN access

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 16.04.2026 Published: 08.05.2026 Updated: 08.05.2026

openvpn-auth-oauth2 is a plugin/management interface client for OpenVPN server to handle an OIDC based single sign-on (SSO) auth flows. From version 1.26.3 to before version 1.27.3, when openvpn-auth-oauth2 is deployed in the experimental plugin mode (shared library loaded by OpenVPN via the plugin directive), clients that do not support WebAuth/SSO (e.g., the openvpn CLI on Linux) are incorrectly admitted to the VPN despite being denied by the authentication logic. The default management-interface mode is not affected because it does not use the OpenVPN plugin return-code mechanism. This issue has been patched in version 1.27.3.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 10

Product Status

Vendor jkroepke
Product openvpn-auth-oauth2
Versions
  • Version >= 1.26.3, < 1.27.3 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication CWE