Vulnerability · Published Aug 14, 2026 · Assigned by OpenVPN

CVE-2026-63650

Low 2.0

In plain English

A low-severity improper certificate validation in OpenVPN from OpenVPN. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)2.0Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.5 using mbedTLS allows remote authenticated users to be misidentified by ignoring the configured X.509 username identity lookup field

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12openvpnno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-63650
Debian:13openvpnno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-63650
Debian:14openvpnno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-63650
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenvpnno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-63650
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSopenvpnno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-63650
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSopenvpnno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-63650

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
OpenVPN OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1 – before 2.7.6

Weakness: CWE-295, CWE-115 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

References