Bug 2486561 (CVE-2026-40215)
| Summary: | CVE-2026-40215 openvpn: OpenVPN: Server crash or memory leak due to race condition and use-after-free | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | unspecified | Keywords: | Security |
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| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | --- | |
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A flaw was found in OpenVPN that occurs when a connection is being established or updated. A remote attacker could exploit this timing issue to crash the OpenVPN server, causing a temporary service disruption (Denial of Service). In some cases, it could also allow an attacker to view fragments of the server's temporary internal memory, potentially exposing sensitive data.
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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| Bug Depends On: | 2498054, 2498055 | ||
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Description
OSIDB Bzimport
2026-06-08 21:01:16 UTC
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