Openvpn
CVE-2025-15497
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
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| Impact | Exploitation requires authentication. Exploitable via remote/network. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker (requires authentication) could exploit this flaw, a denial of service. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 12, 2026
Insufficient epoch key slot processing in OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 versions up to 2.7 is affected by reachable assertion.
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Product: Insufficient epoch key slot processing in OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1. Versions: up to 2.7. Component: a denial of.
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This vulnerability (CWE-617: Reachable Assertion) exists in the a denial of component. 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
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DescriptionCVE.org
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
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
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