CVE-2026-84790
high
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v4 NEW
7.6
VIR risk
7.6
Description
OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.7 allows remote authenticated users to impersonate others via a crafted certificate subject field
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
Debian Mixed 4 releases
| Version | Package | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| trixie | openvpn |
Affected | — |
| sid | openvpn |
Fixed | 2.7.8-1 |
| forky | openvpn |
Fixed | 2.7.8-1 |
| bookworm | openvpn |
Affected | — |
References
CWEs
CWE-158 CWE-290
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.