CVE-2025-3908
Publication date 19 May 2025
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
The configuration initialization tool in OpenVPN 3 Linux v20 through v24 on Linux allows a local attacker to use symlinks pointing at an arbitrary directory which will change the ownership and permissions of that destination directory.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| openvpn3-client | 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
6.2 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |