Bug 2516213 (CVE-2026-63649)
| Summary: | CVE-2026-63649 openvpn: OpenVPN: Privilege escalation via arbitrary configuration file loading | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | high | ||
| Version: | unspecified | Keywords: | Security |
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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A flaw was found in the Windows interactive service of OpenVPN. A local authenticated user could exploit this vulnerability by crafting specific options to bypass whitelist checks. This bypass allows the user to load arbitrary configuration files, which could lead to privilege escalation or other system compromise.
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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| Bug Depends On: | 2517348, 2517349 | ||
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Description
OSIDB Bzimport
2026-08-14 22:31:20 UTC
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