CVE-2026-40215 (GCVE-0-2026-40215)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-08 19:59
Modified
2026-06-08 19:59
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
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
Impacted products
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
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- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
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