{"id":"CVE-2006-1629","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-1629","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:52:44.616Z","title":"OpenVPN 2.0 through 2.0.5 allows remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code on the client by using setenv with the LD_PRELOAD environment variable.","description":"OpenVPN 2.0 through 2.0.5 allows remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code on the client by using setenv with the LD_PRELOAD environment variable.","published":"2006-04-06T22:04:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:23:20.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["openvpn/openvpn","openvpn/openvpn access server"],"epss":{"score":0.03093,"percentile":0.87637,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://openvpn.net/changelog.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/19531","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/19598","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/19837","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/19897","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10093825&forum_id=8482","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1045","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:069","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_28.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/security/openvpn-print","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/24444","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17392","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1261","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25667","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://openvpn.net/changelog.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/19531","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/19598","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/19837","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/19897","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10093825&forum_id=8482","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1045","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:069","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_28.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/security/openvpn-print","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/24444","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17392","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1261","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25667","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1629","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}