CVE-2026-81738

low

Description

OpenVPN 2.5.0 through 2.7.6 on Windows using the tap-windows6 driver allows attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds write via crafted DOMAIN-SEARCH entries

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-72278

https://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2026-81738

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-07

Updated: 2026-09-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 2.3

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

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00331