CVE-2026-13122

Published Jul 6, 2026

Last updated 13 days ago

CVSS medium 5.9
Tunneling protocol

Overview

Description
OpenVPN version 2.6.0 through 2.6.20 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed authentication token that triggers a reachable assertion when external-auth is enabled
Source
security@openvpn.net
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
openvpn

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

Type
Secondary
Base score
5.9
Impact score
-
Exploitability score
-
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
5.3
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
1.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

security@openvpn.net
CWE-617

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.