Description
OpenVPN 2.1 until v2.4.12 and v2.5.6 may enable authentication bypass in external authentication plug-ins when more than one of them makes use of deferred authentication replies, which allows an external user to be granted access with only partially correct credentials.
Published: 2022-03-18
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2992-1 openvpn security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4079-1 openvpn security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-15669 OpenVPN 2.1 until v2.4.12 and v2.5.6 may enable authentication bypass in external authentication plug-ins when more than one of them makes use of deferred authentication replies, which allows an external user to be granted access with only partially correct credentials.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5347-1 OpenVPN vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6850-1 OpenVPN vulnerability
History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:30:00 +0000

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Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Openvpn Openvpn
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: OpenVPN

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:34:30.191Z

Reserved: 2022-02-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-0547

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:34:30.191Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-18T18:15:12.017

Modified: 2025-11-03T21:15:49.843

Link: CVE-2022-0547

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