CVE-2023-46850

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 80.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-23.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-11-11 00:15Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-06-23 21:24Z4 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-10-27

Assigning CNA

OpenVPN

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

ade1f72edf4ae0221e25a7ed8260c44461a5f6e65938d71ef985fda2258a6536

• community.openvpn.nethttps://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2023-46850
• openvpn.nethttps://openvpn.net/security-advisory/access-server-security-update-cve-2023-46849-cve-2023-46850/
• www.debian.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5555
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L3FS46ANNTAVLIQY56ZKGM5CBTRVBUNE/
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O54I7D753V6PU6XBU26FEROD2DSHEJQ4/