VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-12996

CVSS score6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.46%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-07-30
Last modified2026-08-05
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

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

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
  • CWE-416: Use After Free

Primary references