Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 : OpenVPN vulnerability (USN-7898-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 277320

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7898-1 advisory.

Joshua Rogers discovered that OpenVPN incorrectly handled HMAC verification checks. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass source IP address validation.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected openvpn package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 277320

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7898-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 12/3/2025

Updated: 12/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-13086

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openvpn, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-13086

IAVA: 2025-A-0896

USN: 7898-1

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