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CVE-2020-15078OpenVPN 2.5.1 and earlier versions allows a remote attackers to bypass authentication and access control channel data on servers…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 4.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
OpenVPN 2.5.1 and earlier versions allows a remote attackers to bypass authentication and access control channel data on servers configured with deferred authentication, which can be used to potentially trigger further information leaks.
Timeline
ID reserved
By OpenVPN
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.9% · top 7.7% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
OpenVPN
- affected 2.5.1 and earlier versions
References
References8
- FEDORA-2021-242ef81244 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2021-b805c26afa (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2020-15078 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/SecurityAnnouncements (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2021-d6b9d8497b (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-202105-25 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4933-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220503 [SECURITY] [DLA 2992-1] openvpn security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-7206 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2020-15078)Record last updated .