# CVE-2024-27903: Windows: disallow loading of plugins from untrusted installation paths, which could be used to attack openvpn.exe via a malicious plugin win32: Enforce loading of plugins from a trusted directory Currently, there's a risk associated with allowing plugins to be loaded from any location. This update ensures plugins are only loaded from a trusted directory, which is either: - HKLM\SOFTWARE\OpenVPN\plugin_dir (or if the key is missing, then HKLM\SOFTWARE\OpenVPN, which is installation directory) - System directory Loading from UNC paths is disallowed. ### References * Release notes: https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07534.html * CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27903 * Reported by: Vladimir Tokarev <​vtokarev@microsoft.com>
