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FKIE_CVE-2026-40215

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-08 21:16 - Updated: 2026-08-11 13:06
Severity
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Summary
A race condition in OpenVPN 2.6.0 through 2.6.19 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to potentially cause a server crash or leak heap memory via a use-after-free triggered during TLS session promotion.
References
security@openvpn.nethttps://community.openvpn.net/ReleaseHistory#openvpn-2620-released-22-april-2026Release Notes
security@openvpn.nethttps://community.openvpn.net/ReleaseHistory#openvpn-272-released-22-april-2026Release Notes
security@openvpn.nethttps://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2026-40215Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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