CVE-2026-11771Disclosure(openvpn / openvpn)

LOWCVSS 7.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

OpenVPN version 2.1.0 through 2.6.20 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.4 allows attackers via an off-by-one buffer write in the NTLM proxy authentication to potentially cause a crash via a crafted NTLM response from a malicious proxy server

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-121CWE-193CWE-787

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • openvpn

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
openvpn

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-07-30: 1Technical Details · 2026-07-30: 107-30
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
1100.0%
Full discourse1 post
  • Upwind Security MDR@UpwindMDR
    Disclosure

    🚨High - OpenVPN NTLM Proxy Auth Off-by-One OOB Write DoS (CVE-2026-11771) OpenVPN’s NTLM proxy authentication handling contains an off-by-one out-of-bounds write when parsing a crafted NTLM response from a malicious HTTP proxy. A proxy-in-the-middle can trigger a client crash, causing denial of service. Setups not using NTLM proxy auth aren’t impacted. 👉Affected: OpenVPN 2.1.0-2.6.20, 2.7_alpha1-2.7.4

    Post summary

    OpenVPN’s NTLM proxy authentication handling has an off‑by‑one OOB write that can crash clients and cause DoS on affected versions.

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CPE platform detail1 entries

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PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
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