CVE-2026-13698

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-06. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A memory leak in OpenVPN version 2.5.0 through 2.5.11, 2.6.0 through 2.6.20 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.4 allows remote attackers with a valid tls-crypt-v2 client key to potentially cause a denial of service

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
34(Track)
EG Risk 34/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
24%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 6, 2026

Last Modified

July 9, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-13698(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuopenvpn (2.7.0-1ubuntu1.2) @ resolute2026-09-06ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openvpn—2.7.5-r0—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openvpn2.5.1-3 ... 2.7.5-1~bpo13+1 (63 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openvpn2.6.11-1 ... 2.6.9-1 (15 versions)2.6.14-0+deb12u2—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openvpn2.6.14-1, 2.6.14-1+deb13u1, 2.6.14-1+deb13u22.6.14-1+deb13u3—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openvpn2.6.14-1 ... 2.7.5-1~bpo13+1 (24 versions)2.7.5-1—

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 105× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 249 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-11 09:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-06 14:11 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-06 14:11 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-06 14:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-05 23:12 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-05 23:12 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-05 23:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-02 14:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-01 04:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-30 19:52 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-30 19:52 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-08-30 19:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-30 08:15 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-30 08:15 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-08-30 08:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-30 01:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-28 21:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-27 21:59 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-27 21:59 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-08-27 21:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-27 14:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-27 02:17 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-27 02:17 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-08-27 02:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-26 13:56 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-26 13:56 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-08-26 13:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-25 12:02 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-08-25 12:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-24 20:48 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-24 20:48 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-08-24 20:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-24 04:56 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-08-24 04:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-23 17:19 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-08-23 17:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-23 05:42 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-23 05:42 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-08-23 05:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-22 18:03 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-08-22 18:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-22 04:49 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-22 04:49 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-08-22 04:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-21 23:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-08-21 17:03 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-08-21 17:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-21 04:18 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-08-21 04:18 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-08-21 04:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-08-20 15:49 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-08-20 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-20 02:31 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-08-20 02:31 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-08-20 02:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-08-19 10:58 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-08-19 10:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-18 23:21 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-08-18 23:21 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-08-18 23:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-08-18 11:38 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-08-18 11:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-17 23:32 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-17 23:32 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-08-17 23:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-17 11:50 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-08-17 11:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-08-17 00:13 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-08-17 00:13 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-08-17 00:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-08-16 12:36 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-08-16 12:36 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-08-16 12:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-08-16 00:59 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-08-16 00:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-08-15 13:22 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-08-15 13:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-08-15 01:44 UTCEG score recompute
  68. 2026-08-15 01:44 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-08-15 01:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  71. 2026-08-14 14:08 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-08-14 14:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-08-14 02:31 UTCEG score recompute
  74. 2026-08-14 02:31 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-08-14 02:31 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-13698?
CVE-2026-13698 is a high vulnerability published on July 6, 2026. A memory leak in OpenVPN version 2.5.0 through 2.5.11, 2.6.0 through 2.6.20 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.4 allows remote attackers with a valid tls-crypt-v2 client key to potentially cause a denial of service
When was CVE-2026-13698 disclosed?
CVE-2026-13698 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 6, 2026, with the most recent update on July 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-13698 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-13698 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 76.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-13698?
CVE-2026-13698 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-13698?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-13698, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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