CVE-2025-12106 (GCVE-0-2025-12106)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-01 12:43 – Updated: 2025-12-01 18:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-01 18:49 UTC
CWE
- CWE-126 - Buffer Over-read
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announce… | vendor-advisory |
| https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-announce@lis… | release-notes |
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