CVE-2023-46849
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2023-11-11
- WeaknessCWE-369
Am I affected?
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Description
Using the --fragment option in certain configuration setups OpenVPN version 2.6.0 to 2.6.6 allows an attacker to trigger a divide by zero behaviour which could cause an application crash, leading to a denial of service.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2023-11-1101:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-46849?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-46849?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.11 | ≥ 2.11.0, ≤ 2.11.3 | no fix published | NVD |
| 2.12 | = 2.12.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 2.12 | = 2.12.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.0 | = 12.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39.x | = 39 | no fix published | NVD |
1 more product in the sources.
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
Advisories and patches
- community.openvpn.netVendor Advisory
- openvpn.netVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Published
- 2023-11-11
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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