ShellCodeX vulnerability brief
MEDIUM
Received
CVE-2026-12996
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
Published 30 Jul 2026, 17:16 UTC
Last modified 30 Jul 2026, 17:16 UTC
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Attack profile
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Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Not assessed
Confidentiality
Not assessed
Integrity
Not assessed
Availability
Not assessed
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Affected products
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NVD has not published structured affected-product data for this record.
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Weakness classification
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Source references
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