9.1Critical
Openvpn Openvpn
CVE-2025-12106
Insufficient argument validation in OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7_rc1 allows an attacker to trigger a heap buffer over-read when parsing IP addresses
What this means for your business
- It affects Openvpn. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.6% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 44% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Openvpn, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 9.1 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-126
- Assigned by
- security@openvpn.net
Dates
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- Last modified
- 2026-09-26
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Openvpn Openvpn2.6.13, 2.7
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.