CVE-2026-9560

Published May 26, 2026

Last updated 3 days ago

CVSS critical 9.4

Tunneling protocol

VPN

Overview

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
Source: security@openvpn.net
NVD status: Analyzed
Products: connect

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

Type: Secondary
Base score: 9.4
Impact score: -
Exploitability score: -
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
Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

security@openvpn.net: CWE-78

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:connect:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*",
            "matchCriteriaId": "8407AE06-85C9-4AE6-A3F5-ED03B9C9437E",
            "versionEndExcluding": "3.8.2",
            "versionStartIncluding": "3.5.1",
            "vulnerable": true
          }
        ],
        "negate": false,
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.

Overview

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

CVSS 3.1

Weaknesses

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Configurations

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