CVE-2024-5594

CRITICALNVD 9.19.1—Trending — 5 sources updated this week

9.1

OpenVPN before 2.6.11 does not santize PUSH_REPLY messages properly which an attacker controlling the server can use to inject unexpected arbitrary data ending up in client logs.

CVSS v3: 9.1
EG Score: 9.1(medium)
EPSS: 67.1%
KEV: Not listed

Published

January 6, 2025

Last Modified

November 3, 2025

References (3)

security@openvpnhttps://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-5594
security@openvpnhttps://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07634.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00005.html

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
ubuntu	openvpn (2.6.5-0ubuntu1.2) @ mantic	2026-05-30	ubuntu
ubuntu	openvpn (2.3.10-1ubuntu2.2+esm2) @ xenial	2026-05-30	ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

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

CWE-1287

All Vendor Advisories

(2)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 9× 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.

2026-05-31 22:30 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-31 22:30 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-31 00:16 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-31 00:16 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-30 14:08 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-30 14:08 UTCVendor advisory
2026-05-30 14:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-30 06:50 UTCOSV refresh
2026-05-29 13:43 UTCepss_batch

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-5594?

CVE-2024-5594 is a critical vulnerability published on January 6, 2025. OpenVPN before 2.6.11 does not santize PUSH_REPLY messages properly which an attacker controlling the server can use to inject unexpected arbitrary data ending up in client logs.

When was CVE-2024-5594 disclosed?

CVE-2024-5594 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on January 6, 2025, with the most recent update on November 3, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2024-5594 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-5594 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 67.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-5594?

CVE-2024-5594 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2024-5594?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-5594, 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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