An incomplete guard in OpenVPN 2.6.0 through 2.6.20 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.4 allows remote authenticated peers to trigger a use-after-free during TLS session promotion, potentially leading to a denial of service or memory leakage
History

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Title OpenVPN: OpenVPN: Denial of service or memory leakage via incomplete TLS guard
Weaknesses CWE-825
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Openvpn
Openvpn openvpn
Vendors & Products Openvpn
Openvpn openvpn

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Description An incomplete guard in OpenVPN 2.6.0 through 2.6.20 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.4 allows remote authenticated peers to trigger a use-after-free during TLS session promotion, potentially leading to a denial of service or memory leakage
Weaknesses CWE-416
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: OpenVPN

Published: 2026-07-30T16:32:42.271Z

Updated: 2026-07-30T18:08:24.623Z

Reserved: 2026-06-23T21:02:48.228Z

Link: CVE-2026-13117

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-07-30T16:32:42Z

Links: CVE-2026-13117 - Bugzilla