HTTP Request Smuggling Affecting openvpn package, versions [2.7.2,3.2.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENVPN-17933149
  • published10 Jul 2026
  • disclosed8 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jul 2026

CVE-2025-3110  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-444  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openvpn to version 3.2.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to HTTP Request Smuggling in the HTTP header parsing process. An attacker can interfere with the interpretation of HTTP requests by submitting specially crafted headers containing bare line-feed sequences, potentially causing the reverse proxy to misinterpret request boundaries and forward unintended requests to the backend server.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by configuring the reverse proxy to strictly validate and normalize HTTP header fields, specifically rejecting or sanitizing bare line-feed sequences. Alternatively, restricting direct network access to the server, bypassing the reverse proxy, may also reduce exposure if feasible.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1