CVE•Published 2026-07-30•Modified 2026-08-05•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-12996Openvpn · Openvpn
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS percentile
32
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 68% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A use-after-free in OpenVPN 2.6.0 through 2.6.20 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.4 allows remote authenticated peers to potentially cause a denial of service or leak memory via crafted packets during TLS session promotion or expiry
Timeline
Published 2026-07-30
Modified 2026-08-05
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common). Live host counts are a Premium feature.
Shodan · vuln tag
vuln:CVE-2026-12996Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Openvpn Openvpn"All exposed Openvpn Openvpn instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Openvpn"HTTP body or banner mentions "Openvpn" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-12996Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-12996Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-12996Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-12996GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-12996" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.