CVE-2026-12996

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 39.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.0 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/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 analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-05.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-07-30 16:38Z3 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-07-30 18:07Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-06-23

Assigning CNA

OpenVPN

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.0)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
• CWE-825Expired Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

acfad03056dc9d5542aa76a17f9469557d27bdbd6a4ff95048c6a3b189d8f566

• community.openvpn.nethttps://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2026-12996vendor-advisory
• community.openvpn.nethttps://community.openvpn.net/ReleaseHistory#openvpn-275-released-1-july-2026release-notes
• community.openvpn.nethttps://community.openvpn.net/ReleaseHistory#openvpn-2621-released-1-july-2026release-notes
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/07/msg00013.html