[NEW] [medium] OpenVPN: Vulnerability enables DoS and information disclosure
A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit a vulnerability in OpenVPN to perform a denial of service attack or disclose confidential information.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability in OpenVPN allows authenticated attackers to conduct denial of service or disclose confidential information.
- Who is affected
- OpenVPN deployments with authenticated access are affected.
- Urgency
- Medium severity; requires authentication but DoS and information disclosure pose operational and confidentiality risks.
- Action
- Apply OpenVPN security patches for CVE-2026-13379 and review authentication controls.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2605
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-133790.34% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 27% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-13379 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
Recent advisories for OpenVPN
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- unknownCVE-2026-63650: OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.5 using mbedTLS allows remote authenticated users to be misiden…nvd · 2026-08-14
- unknownCVE-2026-63649: The Windows interactive service in OpenVPN 2.4.0 through 2.6.21 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.5 a…nvd · 2026-08-14
- criticalCVE-2026-72841: luci-app-openvpn fails to properly validate the instance_name2 parameter during file upload, a…nvd · 2026-08-13
- high[NEW] [high] OpenVPN: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-13
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] OpenVPN: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-13
- medium[NEW] [medium] OpenVPN: Multiple vulnerabilities allow bypassing security measurescert-bund · 2026-08-10
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