Buffer Over-read Affecting openvpn package, versions [2.7-alpha1,2.7-rc2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENVPN-14459408
  • published17 Dec 2025
  • disclosed1 Dec 2025
  • creditMikhail Khachaiants

Introduced: 1 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-12106  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-126  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openvpn to version 2.7-rc2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Over-read due to the insufficient argument validation in get_addr_generic() function. An attacker can to trigger a heap buffer over-read when routes or endpoints.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1