CVE-2025-15497

published 2026-01-30

CVE-2025-15497: Insufficient epoch key slot processing in OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7_rc5 allows remote authenticated users to trigger an assert resulting in a denial of…

Priority P4 20 low 3.8 CVSS 4.0

AV N AC H AT N PR L UI N VC N VI N VA H SC N SI N SA H E U 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

Insufficient epoch key slot processing in OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7_rc5 allows remote authenticated users to trigger an assert resulting in a denial of service

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	openvpn	< openvpn 2.7.0~rc5-1 (forky)	openvpn 2.7.0~rc5-1 (forky)
openvpn	openvpn	>= 0 < 2.7.0~rc5-1	2.7.0~rc5-1
openvpn	openvpn	2.7_alpha1 – 2.7_rc5	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v4.0 3.8 LOW CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/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

osv 3.8 LOW

vendor_debian 3.8 LOW

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