CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-84471

HighCVSS 7.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.41%

34th percentile - higher than 34% of all known CVEs

Summary

Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-12996. A use-after-free in OpenVPN 2.6.0 through 2.6.22 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.7 allows remote authenticated peers to potentially cause a denial of service or leak memory via crafted packets during TLS session promotion or expiry.

Risk Assessment

An authenticated remote attacker can cause service disruption or memory leak, potentially leading to confidentiality breach or downtime.

Recommendation

Upgrade OpenVPN to a version with the complete fix. Monitor for crashes and memory leaks.

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Original NVD description (English source)

The fix for CVE-2026-12996 was incomplete. A use-after-free in OpenVPN 2.6.0 through 2.6.22 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.7 allows remote authenticated peers to potentially cause a denial of service or leak memory via crafted packets during TLS session promotion or expiry.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS