CVE-2026-84226 PUBLISHED

Assigner: OpenVPN
Reserved: 01.09.2026 Published: 07.09.2026 Updated: 07.09.2026

OpenVPN version 2.5.0 through 2.6.22 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.6 on Windows allows local authenticated users to perform a binary planting attack during network configuration steps

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.5

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	OpenVPN
Product	OpenVPN
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 2.5.0 to 2.6.22 (incl.) affected from 2.7_alpha1 to 2.7.6 (incl.)

References

https://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2026-84226

Problem Types

CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path CWE