Reachable Assertion Affecting openvpn package, versions [2.6_beta1,2.6.21)[2.7_alpha1,2.7.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.49% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENVPN-17824410
  • published6 Jul 2026
  • disclosed6 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-13122  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openvpn to version 2.6.21, 2.7.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Reachable Assertion in the external-auth process. An attacker can cause the service to terminate unexpectedly by sending a specially crafted authentication token. This is only exploitable if external-auth is enabled.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1