CVE-2025-12106 json
Insufficient argument validation in OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7_rc1 allows an attacker to trigger a heap buffer over-read when parsing I…
published 11mo ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2025-199988
- cvss
- 9.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Insufficient argument validation in OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7_rc1 allows an attacker to trigger a heap buffer over-read when parsing IP addresses
Patch / fix
- openvpn openvpn 2.7_rc2
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red hat product security vex CVE-2025-12106 updated cvss 9.1
openvpn: OpenVPN heap buffer overflow
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 11mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- OpenVPN OpenVPN
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-126 Buffer Over-read
References
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community.openvpn.net
/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2025-12106
vendor-advisory
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mail-archive.com
/openvpn-announce@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00152.html
release-notes, mailing-list
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-12106
- NVD CVE-2025-12106
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