after more tests, it appears that the zone is partialy
applied:
$ nmcli -f NAME,DEVICES,ZONE
con status
NOM PÉRIPHÉRIQUES ZONE
WIFI wlp3s0 home
VPN wlp3s0 work
but
$ firewall-cmd
--get-active-zones
home
interfaces: wlp3s0
when port 9000 is open in zone work only, telnet on port 9000
from the other side of the vpn answers "no route to host"
when port 9000 is open in zone home only, telnet on port
9000 from the other side of the vpn answers "no route to
host"
when port 9000 is open in zone public (which is the
default zone) only, telnet on port 9000 from the other
side of the vpn is ok
as if VPN was in fact in default zone…