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CVE-2026-13698 json

A memory leak in OpenVPN version 2.5.0 through 2.5.11, 2.6.0 through 2.6.20 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.4 allows remote attackers with a val…

published 4mo ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2026-41877

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A memory leak in OpenVPN version 2.5.0 through 2.5.11, 2.6.0 through 2.6.20 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.4 allows remote attackers with a valid tls-crypt-v2 client key to potentially cause a denial of service

Patch / fix

  • openvpn openvpn 2.6.21, 2.7.5
  • openvpn Debian 12 2.6.14-0+deb12u2
  • openvpn Debian 13 2.6.14-1+deb13u3
  • openvpn Debian 14 2.7.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-13698

  • openvpn Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.5.11-0ubuntu0.22.04.4
  • openvpn Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 2.6.19-0ubuntu0.24.04.3
  • openvpn Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 2.7.0-1ubuntu1.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-13698

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • openvpn SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
  • openvpn-dco SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 2.6.10-150600.3.23.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:3407-1

  • openvpn openSUSE Leap 16.0 2.6.10-160000.4.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21488-1

  • openvpn Alpine 3.24 2.7.5-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-13698

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-13698 updated cvss 4.9

openvpn: From CVEorg collector

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not 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
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
4mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 6.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • OpenVPN OpenVPN

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.