CVE-2025-10680
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Publication date: 2025-10-24

Last updated on: 2025-10-27

Assigner: OpenVPN Inc.

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
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Published
2025-10-24
Last Modified
2025-10-27
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2026-06-16
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2025-10-24
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2025-10680
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openvpn openvpn 2.7_beta1
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CWE ID Description
CWE-78 The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in OpenVPN versions 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7_beta1 on POSIX based platforms allows a remote authenticated server to inject shell commands via DNS variables when the --dns-updown option is used.

Impact Analysis

An attacker controlling a remote authenticated server could execute arbitrary shell commands on the client system by exploiting the DNS variable injection, potentially leading to system compromise or unauthorized actions.

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