{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7235 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-7235 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-7235 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenVPN, published on 21 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-7235 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-7235 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenVPN, published on 21 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7235 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: OpenVPN. 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-2023-7235/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7235/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-7235","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7235/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-7235","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-pq76-qjgj-qv82"],"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 GUI installer","requires_auth":"none","summary":"An attacker can replace binaries in a non-standard installation path to execute arbitrary code due to improper access controls.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"OpenVPN","cpe":[{"product":"openvpn_gui","vendor":"openvpn"}],"cvss":{"score":8.4,"severity":"high","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-276","name":"Incorrect Default Permissions"}],"description":"The OpenVPN GUI installer before version 2.6.9 did not set the proper access control restrictions to the installation directory of OpenVPN binaries when using a non-standard installation path, which allows an attacker to replace binaries to run arbitrary executables.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in OpenVPN","id":"CVE-2023-7235","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Backup Bolt \u003c= 1.3.0 - Sensitive Data Exposure","id":"CVE-2023-7236"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Integration Objects OPC UA Server Toolkit Improper Output Neutralization for Logs","id":"CVE-2023-7234"},"products":["OpenVPN"],"published":"2024-02-21","related":[],"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":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-26","vendors":["OpenVPN"]},"summary":"An attacker can replace binaries in a non-standard installation path to execute arbitrary code due to improper access controls.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7235/"}