CVE-2026-9560 PUBLISHED

Assigner: OpenVPN
Reserved: 26.05.2026 Published: 26.05.2026 Updated: 27.05.2026

Privilege escalation via background service of OpenVPN Connect 3.5.1 through 3.8.1 on macOS allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges via local IPC channel

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CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 9.4

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

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 8.9

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	High
Attack Complexity	High	Integrity	High	Integrity	High
Attack Requirements	Present	Availability	High	Availability	High
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Active

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	OpenVPN Inc
Product	OpenVPN Connect
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 3.5.1 to 3.8.1 (incl.)

References

https://openvpn.net/connect-docs/macos-release-notes.html

Problem Types

CWE-78 CWE
CWE-267 Privilege defined with unsafe actions CWE
CWE-270 Privilege context switching error CWE
CWE-648 Incorrect use of privileged APIs CWE