CVE-2026-41070
CRITICALopenvpn-auth-oauth2 returns FUNC_SUCCESS on client-deny, allowing unauthenticated VPN access
Title source: cnaDescription
openvpn-auth-oauth2 is a plugin/management interface client for OpenVPN server to handle an OIDC based single sign-on (SSO) auth flows. From version 1.26.3 to before version 1.27.3, when openvpn-auth-oauth2 is deployed in the experimental plugin mode (shared library loaded by OpenVPN via the plugin directive), clients that do not support WebAuth/SSO (e.g., the openvpn CLI on Linux) are incorrectly admitted to the VPN despite being denied by the authentication logic. The default management-interface mode is not affected because it does not use the OpenVPN plugin return-code mechanism. This issue has been patched in version 1.27.3.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
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https://github.com/jkroepke/openvpn-auth-oauth2/security/advisories/GHSA-246w-jgmq-88fg
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https://github.com/jkroepke/openvpn-auth-oauth2/commit/36f69a6c67c1054da7cbfa04ced3f0555127c8f2
Scores
CVSS v3
10.0
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
7.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (2)
jkroepke/openvpn-auth-oauth2
1.26.3 - 1.27.3Go
jkroepke/openvpn-auth-oauth2
>= 1.26.3, < 1.27.3
Published
May 08, 2026
Tracked Since
May 08, 2026