CVE-2026-41070
Publication date 8 May 2026
Last updated 13 May 2026
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
openvpn-auth-oauth2 is a plugin/management interface client for OpenVPN server to handle an OIDC based single sign-on (SSO) auth flows. From version 1.26.3 to before version 1.27.3, when openvpn-auth-oauth2 is deployed in the experimental plugin mode (shared library loaded by OpenVPN via the plugin directive), clients that do not support WebAuth/SSO (e.g., the openvpn CLI on Linux) are incorrectly admitted to the VPN despite being denied by the authentication logic. The default management-interface mode is not affected because it does not use the OpenVPN plugin return-code mechanism. This issue has been patched in version 1.27.3.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| openvpn-auth-oauth2 | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
|
| 25.10 questing | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41070
- https://github.com/jkroepke/openvpn-auth-oauth2/security/advisories/GHSA-246w-jgmq-88fg
- https://github.com/jkroepke/openvpn-auth-oauth2/commit/36f69a6c67c1054da7cbfa04ced3f0555127c8f2 (v1.27.3)
- https://github.com/jkroepke/openvpn-auth-oauth2/commit/36f69a6c67c1054da7cbfa04ced3f0555127c8f2