CVE-2026-12932

high

Description

A memory leak in the tls-crypt-v2 client key extraction in OpenVPN 2.5.0 through 2.6.20 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a flood of crafted packets

References

https://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2026-12932

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: 8.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 7.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00353