CVE-2026-84471The fix for CVE-2026-12996 was incomplete.
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, higher than 34% of scored CVEs.
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The fix for CVE-2026-12996 was incomplete. A use-after-free in OpenVPN 2.6.0 through 2.6.22 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.7 allows remote authenticated peers to potentially cause a denial of service or leak memory via crafted packets during TLS session promotion or expiry.
- CVSS
- 7.2 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-416
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.41% (percentile 34)
- Assigned by
- OpenVPN
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 14, 2026
Affected products
OpenVPN OpenVPN openvpn:openvpn (from the name) | from 2.6.0 through 2.6.22; from 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.7 | CNA record |
References
- https://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2026-84471vendor-advisory
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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