CVE-2024-4877

HIGHNVD 8.88.8—Trending — 4 sources updated this week

8.8

OpenVPN version 2.4.0 through 2.6.10 on Windows allows an external, lesser privileged process to create a named pipe which the OpenVPN GUI component would connect to allowing it to escalate its privileges

CVSS v3: 8.8
EG Score: 8.8(medium)
EPSS: 44.6%
KEV: Not listed

Published

April 3, 2025

Last Modified

April 29, 2025

References (2)

security@openvpnhttps://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-4877
security@openvpnhttps://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07634.html

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-268

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 11× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

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2026-05-30 08:14 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-30 08:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-29 17:50 UTCOSV refresh
2026-05-29 13:43 UTCepss_batch

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-4877?

CVE-2024-4877 is a high vulnerability published on April 3, 2025. OpenVPN version 2.4.0 through 2.6.10 on Windows allows an external, lesser privileged process to create a named pipe which the OpenVPN GUI component would connect to allowing it to escalate its privileges

When was CVE-2024-4877 disclosed?

CVE-2024-4877 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 3, 2025, with the most recent update on April 29, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2024-4877 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-4877 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 44.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-4877?

CVE-2024-4877 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2024-4877?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-4877, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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CVE-2024-4877

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