Bug 2517349 - CVE-2026-63649 openvpn: OpenVPN: Privilege escalation via arbitrary configuration file loading [epel-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-63649 openvpn: OpenVPN: Privilege escalation via arbitrary configura...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: openvpn
Version: epel10
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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high
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Assignee: Frank Lichtenheld
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["f7e39752-ee13-4a46-a831-2...
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Blocks: CVE-2026-63649
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Reported: 2026-08-17 10:45 UTC by Srikanth Balasubramanian
Modified: 2026-08-17 12:15 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2026-08-17 12:15:23 UTC
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Description Srikanth Balasubramanian 2026-08-17 10:45:21 UTC 
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The Windows interactive service in OpenVPN 2.4.0 through 2.6.21 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.5 allows local authenticated users to bypass the trusted configuration directory constraint and load arbitrary configuration files via crafted options that bypass whitelist checks
Comment 1 Frank Lichtenheld 2026-08-17 12:15:23 UTC 
Only affects Windows
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