CVE-2017-5868

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CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

4.62%

Published

May 25, 2017

Modified

May 12, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit (2)

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Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the web interface in OpenVPN Access Server 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and consequently conduct session fixation attacks and possibly HTTP response splitting attacks via "%0A" characters in the PATH_INFO to __session_start__/.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-93

Affected Products (1)

openvpn · openvpn_access_servervulnerable

References (6)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/23/13

ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038547

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2017-05-05-cve-2017-5868-openvpn-access-server-crlf-injection-with-session-fixation/

ExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/23/13

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