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High 8.1Published Jul 30, 2026
CVE-2026-12996A use-after-free in OpenVPN 2.6.0 through 2.6.20 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.4 allows remote authenticated peers to potentially cause a denial of service or leak memory via crafted packets during TLS…
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A use-after-free in OpenVPN 2.6.0 through 2.6.20 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.4 allows remote authenticated peers to potentially cause a denial of service or leak memory via crafted packets during TLS session promotion or expiry
- CVSS
- 8.1 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-125, CWE-416
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
openvpn openvpn openvpn:openvpn | from 2.6.0 before 2.6.21; from 2.7 before 2.7.5 | NVD |
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux | 11.0 | NVD |
References
- https://community.openvpn.net/ReleaseHistory#openvpn-2621-released-1-july-2026release-notes
- https://community.openvpn.net/ReleaseHistory#openvpn-275-released-1-july-2026release-notes
- https://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2026-12996vendor-advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/07/msg00013.htmlmailing-list, third-party-advisory
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