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Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')

CVE-2023-7245

High
7.8/10

Summary

The nodejs framework in OpenVPN Connect 3.0 through 3.4.3 (Windows)/3.4.7 (macOS) was not properly configured, which allows a local user to execute arbitrary code within the nodejs process context via the ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE environment variable

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-95 - Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')

The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes code syntax before using the input in a dynamic evaluation call (e.g. "eval").

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  • Published