CVE-2025-10680

State: Published
Severity: 8.8 High
Published: Oct 24, 2025
Updated: Feb 26, 2026
Reserved: Sep 18, 2025

Description

OpenVPN 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

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

Product	Versions
OpenVPNOpenVPN	2.7_alpha1 through 2.7_beta1Affected

References

https://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2025-10680vendor-advisory
https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-announce@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00149.htmlrelease-notes

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