CVE-2026-41070 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-41070: openvpn-auth-oauth2 returns FUNC_SUCCESS on client-deny, allowing unauthenticated VPN access

Vendor Jkroepke
Product openvpn-auth-oauth2
Weakness CWE-287 · Improper authentication
Published May 8, 2026
Last update May 8, 2026

CVSS base score

10.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 8, 2026 CVE published
May 8, 2026 Record updated