Vulnerability CVE-2023-35838


Published: 2023-08-09   Modified: 2023-08-10

Description:
The WireGuard client 0.5.3 on Windows insecurely configures the operating system and firewall such that traffic to a local network that uses non-RFC1918 IP addresses is blocked. This allows an adversary to trick the victim into blocking IP traffic to selected IP addresses and services even while the VPN is enabled. NOTE: the tunnelcrack.mathyvanhoef.com website uses this CVE ID to refer more generally to "LocalNet attack resulting in the blocking of traffic" rather than to only WireGuard.

 References:
https://tunnelcrack.mathyvanhoef.com/details.html
https://wireguard.com

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