CVE-2006-2229: Openvpn

Medium severity, CVSS 4.0. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

OpenVPN 2.0.7 and earlier, when configured to use the --management option with an IP that is not 127.0.0.1, uses a cleartext password for TCP sessions to the management interface, which might allow remote attackers to view sensitive information or cause a denial of service.

Affected products

• Openvpn Openvpn: version 2.0 only; version 2.0.1_rc1 only; version 2.0.1_rc2 only; version 2.0.1_rc3 only; version 2.0.1_rc4 only; version 2.0.1_rc5 only; …
• Openvpn Openvpn Access Server: version 2.0.1 only; version 2.0.2 only; version 2.0.5 only; version 2.0.6 only; version 2.0.7 only

Published 2006-05-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.