Bug 2509665 - CVE-2026-12996 openvpn: OpenVPN: Denial of Service or memory leak via crafted packets [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-12996 openvpn: OpenVPN: Denial of Service or memory leak via crafted...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: openvpn
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
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Assignee: Frank Lichtenheld
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["a6617a25-ee26-4316-92a9-d...
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Blocks: CVE-2026-12996
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Reported: 2026-07-31 04:20 UTC by Srikanth Balasubramanian
Modified: 2026-08-03 11:21 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2026-08-03 11:21:28 UTC
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Description Srikanth Balasubramanian 2026-07-31 04:20:18 UTC 
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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
Comment 1 Frank Lichtenheld 2026-08-03 11:21:28 UTC 
2.6.21 has been published to Fedora 43. 2.7.5 has been published to Fedora 44 and Rawhide
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