The OpenVPN Access Server installer creates a log file readable for everyone, which from version 2.10.0 and before 2.11.0 may contain a ran…

published 2022-07-06 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-36776

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits: 0; none known

The OpenVPN Access Server installer creates a log file readable for everyone, which from version 2.10.0 and before 2.11.0 may contain a random generated admin password

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

openvpn openvpn_access_server 2.11.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-33737 updated 2025-11-21

openvpn: weak random number generator

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

n/a OpenVPN Access Server

Classification

Weakness

CWE-708 Incorrect Ownership Assignment
CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

openvpn.net /vpn-server-resources/release-notes/
release-notes, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-33737
NVD CVE-2022-33737

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Summary