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openvpn-auth-oauth2 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2026-41070

openvpn-auth-oauth2 is a plugin/management interface client for OpenVPN server to handle an OIDC based single sign-on (SSO) auth flows. From version 1.26.3 to before version 1.27.3, when openvpn-auth-oauth2 is deployed in the experimental plugin mode (shared library loaded by OpenVPN via the plugin directive), clients that do not support WebAuth/SSO (e.g., the openvpn CLI on Linux) are incorrectly admitted to the VPN despite being denied by the authentication logic. The default management-interface mode is not affected because it does not use the OpenVPN plugin return-code mechanism. This issue has been patched in version 1.27.3.

Products
openvpn-auth-oauth2
Affected versions
1.26.2+dfsg-1, 1.26.4+dfsg-1, 1.26.4+dfsg-2, 1.26.4+dfsg-3, 1.26.4+dfsg-4, 1.26.4+dfsg-5, 1.26.4+dfsg-6, 1.27.0-1, 1.27.0-2, 1.27.1-1, 1.27.2-1
Fixed versions
1.27.3-1
CVEs
CVE-2026-41070
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 17:38 UTC · Revision 2

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-41070

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 May 2026, 16:16 UTC

openvpn-auth-oauth2 is a plugin/management interface client for OpenVPN server to handle an OIDC based single sign-on (SSO) auth flows. From version 1.26.3 to before version 1.27.3, when openvpn-auth-oauth2 is deployed in the experimental plugin mode (shared library loaded by OpenVPN via the plugin directive), clients that do not support WebAuth/SSO (e.g., the openvpn CLI on Linux) are incorrectly admitted to the VPN despite being denied by the authentication logic. The default management-interface mode is not affected because it does not use the OpenVPN plugin return-code mechanism. This issue has been patched in version 1.27.3.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-41070

openvpn-auth-oauth2

Fixed versions: 1.27.3-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-41070",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-41070",
    "summary": "openvpn-auth-oauth2 is a plugin/management interface client for OpenVPN server to handle an OIDC based single sign-on (SSO) auth flows. From version 1.26.3 to before version 1.27.3, when openvpn-auth-oauth2 is deployed in the experimental plugin mode (shared library loaded by OpenVPN via the plugin directive), clients that do not support WebAuth/SSO (e.g., the openvpn CLI on Linux) are incorrectly admitted to the VPN despite being denied by the authentication logic. The default management-interface mode is not affected because it does not use the OpenVPN plugin return-code mechanism. This issue has been patched in version 1.27.3.",
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    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "openvpn-auth-oauth2",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
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            "value": "1.27.3-1",
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          {
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        }
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "openvpn-auth-oauth2",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/openvpn-auth-oauth2?arch=source&distro=forky",
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-27T09:47:32.768882904Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "CVE-2026-41070"
      ],
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        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-41070"
      ]
    },
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2026-05-08T16:16:11.03+00:00"
}