CVE-2026-31893

Tunnelblick is an open source graphic user interface for OpenVPN on macOS. In versions 3.3beta26 through 9.0beta01, any local user can read arbitrary root-owned files by exploiting a symlink following vulnerability in tunnelblick-helper, reachable through the world-accessible tunnelblickd Unix socket. The socket is configured with mode 0666, allowing any local user to connect. No authorization check is performed on the connecting client. The tunnelblick-helper process constructs a path to config.ovpn inside a user-controlled .tblk directory and reads it as root without symlink validation. An attacker can create a .tblk configuration with a symlinked config.ovpn pointing to any file and request tunnelblickd to read it. This issue has been fixed in versions 9.0beta02.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:tunnelblick:tunnelblick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tunnelblick:tunnelblick:3.3:beta26:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tunnelblick:tunnelblick:8.1:beta01:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tunnelblick:tunnelblick:8.1:beta02:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tunnelblick:tunnelblick:8.1:beta03:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tunnelblick:tunnelblick:9.0:beta01:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

01 Jun 2026, 17:04

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/Tunnelblick/Tunnelblick/releases/tag/v9.0beta02 - () https://github.com/Tunnelblick/Tunnelblick/releases/tag/v9.0beta02 - Product, Release Notes
References () https://github.com/Tunnelblick/Tunnelblick/security/advisories/GHSA-927j-vcjf-hq69 - () https://github.com/Tunnelblick/Tunnelblick/security/advisories/GHSA-927j-vcjf-hq69 - Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:tunnelblick:tunnelblick:3.3:beta26:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tunnelblick:tunnelblick:8.1:beta02:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tunnelblick:tunnelblick:8.1:beta01:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tunnelblick:tunnelblick:9.0:beta01:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tunnelblick:tunnelblick:8.1:beta03:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tunnelblick:tunnelblick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Tunnelblick
Tunnelblick tunnelblick

05 May 2026, 20:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-05 20:16

Updated : 2026-06-01 17:04


NVD link : CVE-2026-31893

Mitre link : CVE-2026-31893

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-31893


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Products Affected

tunnelblick

  • tunnelblick
CWE
CWE-61

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following