Vulnerability · Published Jan 20, 2025 · Assigned by OpenVPN

CVE-2024-13454

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Easy-RSA from OpenVPN. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 0% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)<0.1%top 99.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Weak encryption algorithm in Easy-RSA version 3.0.5 through 3.1.7 allows a local attacker to more easily bruteforce the private CA key when created using OpenSSL 3

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12easy-rsano fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-13454
Debian:13easy-rsa3.2.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-13454
Debian:14easy-rsa3.2.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-13454
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSeasy-rsano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-13454
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSeasy-rsano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-13454

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
OpenVPN Easy-RSA 3.0.5 – through 3.1.7

Weakness: CWE-326 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References