CVE-2024-8474 (GCVE-0-2024-8474)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-01-06 14:33
Modified
2025-01-06 16:54
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-212 - Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer
Summary
OpenVPN Connect before version 3.5.0 can contain the configuration profile's clear-text private key which is logged in the application log, which an unauthorized actor can use to decrypt the VPN traffic
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OpenVPN OpenVPN Connect Version: 0
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