CVE-2026-13698

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.06.0—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.0 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.5%, top 60% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.0
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 6.0Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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
6.0
EG Score
6.0(medium)
EPSS
40.5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 6, 2026

Last Modified

July 6, 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.

Weakness Classification(2)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 5× 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.

  1. 2026-07-07 13:49 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-07 13:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-06 14:22 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-06 14:21 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-13698?
CVE-2026-13698 is a medium 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. 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 40.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-13698?
CVE-2026-13698 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.0 (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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