CVE-2026-11771

high

Description

OpenVPN version 2.1.0 through 2.6.20 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.4 allows attackers via an off-by-one buffer write in the NTLM proxy authentication to potentially cause a crash via a crafted NTLM response from a malicious proxy server

References

https://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2026-11771

https://community.openvpn.net/ReleaseHistory#openvpn-275-released-1-july-2026

https://community.openvpn.net/ReleaseHistory#openvpn-2621-released-1-july-2026

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-30

Updated: 2026-08-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00342