Vulnerability in OpenVPN (CVE-2026-13122)
Summary
Vulnerability in OpenVPN (CVE-2026-13122). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-13122 has been found in OpenVPN.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "OpenVPN CVE-2026-13122" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-13122 (OpenVPN) — CWE-617 / CVSS v3 5.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-617) exists in OpenVPN.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of OpenVPN.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'OpenVPN' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'OpenVPN' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
OpenVPNを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2026-13122 openvpn Fixed in: 2.7.5-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-13122 openvpn Fixed in: 2.6.14-0+deb12u2
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-13122 openvpn Fixed in: 2.6.19-0ubuntu0.24.04.3
References
- patch security@openvpn.net
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com