What is GHSA-qpwh-qgw4-8g2c?

GHSA-qpwh-qgw4-8g2c is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. The fix for CVE-2026-12996 was incomplete. A use-after-free in OpenVPN 2.6.0 through 2.6.22 and 2...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-qpwh-qgw4-8g2c cover?

GHSA-qpwh-qgw4-8g2c covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-84471. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

GHSA-qpwh-qgw4-8g2cHigh

The fix for CVE-2026-12996 was incomplete. A use-after-free in OpenVPN 2.6.0 through 2.6.22 and 2...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 14, 2026

Last Modified

October 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-84471 →

📋 Description

The fix for CVE-2026-12996 was incomplete. A use-after-free in OpenVPN 2.6.0 through 2.6.22 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.7 allows remote authenticated peers to potentially cause a denial of service or leak memory via crafted packets during TLS session promotion or expiry.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84471
https://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2026-84471
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qpwh-qgw4-8g2c