Debian Linux - openvpn - None

Ubuntu Linux - race condition in TLS handshake that could lead to leaking of packet data from a previous handshake under specific circumstances

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-ddc5696c20 advisory.

    Update to upstream OpenVPN 2.6.20     CVE-2026-40215     CVE-2026-35058

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-086acf3001 advisory.

    Update to upstream 2.7.3 release

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    Update to upstream 2.7.2 release     CVE-2026-40215     CVE-2026-35058

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-670067411c advisory.

    Update to upstream OpenVPN 2.6.20     CVE-2026-40215     CVE-2026-35058

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 549313db-3e93-11f1-8d38-7fbbe0285610 advisory.

    Gert Doering reports:
    [Security fixes in 2.7.2]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Gert Doering reports: [Security fixes in 2.7.2] (CVE-2026-40215)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
311727	Fedora 42 : openvpn (2026-ddc5696c20)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
311105	Fedora 44 : openvpn (2026-086acf3001)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
310591	Fedora 43 : openvpn (2026-670067411c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
310335	FreeBSD : OpenVPN -- server DOS and data leak in TLS handshake vulnerabilities (549313db-3e93-11f1-8d38-7fbbe0285610)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical
309874	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-40215	Nessus	Misc.	high

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