CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-9560

9.4 CRITICAL Published 2026-05-26 Modified 2026-07-23 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-05-26
Last modified
2026-07-23
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
9.4 CRITICAL — 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-267, CWE-270, CWE-648, CWE-78

Description

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

Affected configurations

• openvpn connect (>= 3.5.1 < 3.8.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (4)

  • CWE-267 Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions weakness
  • CWE-270 Privilege Context Switching Error weakness
  • CWE-648 Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness

References