Unauthorized authentication via partial username comparison
Published Mar 11, 2025 · Updated May 12, 2026
Partial string comparison in OpenVPN authentication on affected Siemens routers allows remote attackers to get invalid usernames accepted. The username validator compares only part of an untrusted identity instead of the full value, so a prefix can be treated as a valid username. Reachability requires network access to an enabled OpenVPN service; the reported consequence is invalid-username acceptance, with no reported disclosure or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Partial string comparison in OpenVPN authentication on affected Siemens routers allows remote attackers to get invalid usernames accepted. The username validator compares only part of an untrusted identity instead of the full value, so a prefix can be treated as a valid username. Reachability requires network access to an enabled OpenVPN service; the reported consequence is invalid-username acceptance, with no reported disclosure or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-23384
- Published
- Mar 11, 2025
- Updated
- May 12, 2026
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- SCALANCE SC632-2C
- Classifications
- CWE-187, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 12, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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