{"id":"CVE-2020-36382","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-36382","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:26:19.883Z","title":"OpenVPN Access Server 2.7.3 to 2.8.7 allows remote attackers to trigger an assert during the user authentication phase via incorrect authentication token data in an early phase of the user authentication resulting in a denial of service.","description":"OpenVPN Access Server 2.7.3 to 2.8.7 allows remote attackers to trigger an assert during the user authentication phase via incorrect authentication token data in an early phase of the user authentication resulting in a denial of service.","published":"2021-06-04T11:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:15:23.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@openvpn.net","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-754","CWE-617"],"affected":["openvpn/openvpn access server"],"epss":{"score":0.01891,"percentile":0.7942,"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 (1.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://openvpn.net/security-advisory/access-server-security-update-cve-2020-15077-cve-2020-36382/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@openvpn.net"},{"url":"https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/release-notes/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@openvpn.net"},{"url":"https://openvpn.net/security-advisory/access-server-security-update-cve-2020-15077-cve-2020-36382/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/release-notes/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36382","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."}