Security update for openvpn

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3407-1
Release Date: 2026-07-29T11:10:53Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-13122 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-13122 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-13122 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • CVE-2026-13122 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-13698 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-13698 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-13698 ( NVD ): 6.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • CVE-2026-13698 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for openvpn fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2026-13122: denial of service via a malformed authentication token that triggers a reachable assertion when external-auth is enabled (bsc#1270413).
  • CVE-2026-13698: denial of service via memory leak triggered by remote attackers with a valid tls-crypt-v2 client key (bsc#1270414).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-3407=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-3407=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-3407=1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-3407=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • openvpn-dco-debuginfo-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-debugsource-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-dco-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-dco-devel-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-dco-debugsource-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-debuginfo-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-devel-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • openvpn-dco-debuginfo-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-debugsource-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-dco-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-dco-devel-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-dco-debugsource-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-debuginfo-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-devel-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-down-root-plugin-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-down-root-plugin-debuginfo-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • openvpn-dco-debuginfo-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-debugsource-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-dco-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-dco-devel-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-dco-debugsource-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-debuginfo-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-devel-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • openvpn-dco-debuginfo-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-debugsource-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-dco-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-dco-devel-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-dco-debugsource-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-debuginfo-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-devel-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1
    • openvpn-2.6.10-150600.3.23.1

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