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Medium · 6.0 CVE-2026-12996 EUVD-2026-51239GHSA-7226-c5q3-mc6p

A use-after-free in OpenVPN 2.6.0 through 2.6.20 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.4 allows remote authenticated peers to potentially cause a deni…

Published Jul 30, 2026 · Updated Jul 30, 2026 · Assigned by OpenVPN

Description

A use-after-free in OpenVPN 2.6.0 through 2.6.20 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.4 allows remote authenticated peers to potentially cause a denial of service or leak memory via crafted packets during TLS session promotion or expiry

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OpenVPN OpenVPN 2.6.0 – ≤ 2.6.20, 2.7_alpha1 – ≤ 2.7.4 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 openvpn 2.7.5-1 —
Debian 13 openvpn 2.6.14-1+deb13u3 —
Debian 12 openvpn 2.6.14-0+deb12u2 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS openvpn 2.7.0-1ubuntu1.2 —
Ubuntu 25.10 openvpn No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS openvpn 2.6.19-0ubuntu0.24.04.3 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS openvpn 2.5.11-0ubuntu0.22.04.4 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS openvpn No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS openvpn No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS openvpn No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS openvpn No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 openvpn +1 2.6.10-150600.3.26.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3596-1
SLES 15 SP6 openvpn +1 2.6.10-150600.3.26.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3596-1
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 openvpn 2.6.10-160000.5.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24220-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 openvpn +1 2.6.10-150600.3.26.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3596-1
SLES 16.0 openvpn 2.6.10-160000.5.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24220-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 openvpn 2.6.10-160000.5.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:22072-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 openvpn 2.7.5-r0 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 openvpn +1 2.6.12-1.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2026-1990

Advisories 5

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