{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-3606 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-3606 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-3606 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in OpenVPN-GUI, published on 2 Jul 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-3606 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-3606 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in OpenVPN-GUI, published on 2 Jul 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-3606 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: OpenVPN-GUI. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3606/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3606/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-3606","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3606/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-3606","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-3c2r-pvhv-53p8"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"OpenVPN Windows client","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Local attackers can execute arbitrary code with OpenVPN privileges by exploiting DLL loading via OpenSSL configuration files on Windows.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"code_injection"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"OpenVPN","cpe":[{"product":"openvpn","vendor":"openvpn"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-427","name":"Uncontrolled Search Path Element"}],"description":"OpenVPN before version 2.5.3 on Windows allows local users to load arbitrary dynamic loadable libraries via an OpenSSL configuration file if present, which allows the user to run arbitrary code with the same privilege level as the main OpenVPN process (openvpn.exe).","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Code injection in OpenVPN-GUI","id":"CVE-2021-3606","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"code_injection","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Integer overflow in QEMU","id":"CVE-2021-3607"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Memory corruption in OpenEXR","id":"CVE-2021-3605"},"products":["OpenVPN-GUI"],"published":"2021-07-02","related":[{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Memory corruption in OpenVPN","id":"CVE-2025-12106","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-12-01"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Information disclosure in OpenVPN","id":"CVE-2024-5594","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-01-06"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Cross-site request forgery in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-7544","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-03-16"},{"cvss_score":9,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2006-1629","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2006-04-06"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in OpenVPN","id":"CVE-2024-4877","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-04-03"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Use after free in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-9336","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-05-01"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-03","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Local attackers can execute arbitrary code with OpenVPN privileges by exploiting DLL loading via OpenSSL configuration files on Windows.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3606/"}