What is GHSA-j4fj-57fp-j5mr?

GHSA-j4fj-57fp-j5mr is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. An argument parsing issue in OpenVPN 2.1_rc10 through 2.6.22 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.6 on...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-j4fj-57fp-j5mr cover?

GHSA-j4fj-57fp-j5mr covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-84256. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

GHSA-j4fj-57fp-j5mrHigh

An argument parsing issue in OpenVPN 2.1_rc10 through 2.6.22 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.6 on...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 7, 2026

Last Modified

September 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-84256 →

📋 Description

An argument parsing issue in OpenVPN 2.1_rc10 through 2.6.22 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.6 on Windows allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted certificate subject

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84256
https://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2026-84256
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j4fj-57fp-j5mr