CVE-2025-15497

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.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 29.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

3.8 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

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

2026-01-30 18:06Z9 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-01-30 19:29Z9 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-01-09

Assigning CNA

OpenVPN

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Low (CVSS 3.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U

Weaknesses

• CWE-617Reachable AssertionBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

a8bf017e1b116610832d1f1093290d67b0990404df5807345116a9e95e8dcd0e

• community.openvpn.nethttps://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2025-15497vendor-advisory
• www.mail-archive.comhttps://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-announce@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00156.htmlrelease-notes