CVE•Published 2023-11-11•Modified 2026-06-23•1 article on news•3 live references•NVD data
CVE-2023-46850Openvpn · Openvpn
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
78
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 22% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Use after free in OpenVPN version 2.6.0 to 2.6.6 may lead to undefined behavoir, leaking memory buffers or remote execution when sending network buffers to a remote peer.
Timeline
Published 2023-11-11
Modified 2026-06-23
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2023-46850Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Openvpn Openvpn"All exposed Openvpn Openvpn instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Openvpn"HTTP body or banner mentions "Openvpn" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2023-46850Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2023-46850Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2023-46850Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2023-46850GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2023-46850" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.