Openvpn · Openvpn Connect · CVE-2026-9560
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
OpenVPN Connect versions 3.5.1 through 3.8.1
**Description**
A privilege escalation issue exists in the background service of OpenVPN Connect on macOS. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges by utilizing a local IPC (Inter-Process Communication) channel, which is a mechanism that allows different processes to communicate with each other on the same operating system.