CVE-2026-78221

Public on 2026-09-05
Modified on 2026-09-05
Description
OpenVPN's Windows interactive service (openvpnserv) miscalculates the size of the converted wide-character MULTI_SZ NRPT (Name Resolution Policy Table) domains list. The previous code assumed the input NRPT domains list consisted of ASCII characters only, so when internationalized domain names (IDNs) were passed as UTF-8 the size of the converted list was calculated incorrectly, leading to extra data being read (buffer overread) and stored in the Windows Registry. This issue only affects OpenVPN on Windows.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.4
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2023 openvpn Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview openvpn Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N