CVE-2026-9560

CRITICAL EPSS 43.1%
Published May 26, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
9.4 CVSS 4.0
Critical
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Published May 26, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

Privilege escalation via background service of OpenVPN Connect 3.5.1 through 3.8.1 on macOS allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges via local IPC channel

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.4
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
43.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 4

CWE-267
CWE-270
CWE-648
CWE-78 OS Command Injection Injection

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
openvpnconnect*≥3.5.1  –  <3.8.2

References 1

  • openvpn.net https://openvpn.net/connect-docs/macos-release-notes.html
    Release Notes

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.