CVE-2018-18656: Purevpn

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The PureVPN client before 6.1.0 for Windows stores Login Credentials (username and password) in cleartext. The location of such files is %PROGRAMDATA%\purevpn\config\login.conf. Additionally, all local users can read this file.

Affected products

• Purevpn Purevpn: before 6.1.0 (fixed in 6.1.0)

Published 2018-10-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.