Off-by-one Error Affecting openvpn package, versions [2.1.0,2.6.21)[2.7_alpha1,2.7.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENVPN-18507754
  • published2 Aug 2026
  • disclosed30 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-11771  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (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 Off-by-one Error in the NTLM proxy authentication process. An attacker can cause a crash by sending a specially crafted NTLM response from a malicious proxy server.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1