System crash via future-key count overshoot
Published Jun 10, 2026 · Updated Jun 10, 2026
Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenVPN ovpn-dco-win allows remote authenticated users to crash Windows systems via a crafted packet. OvpnCryptoEpochGenerateFutureRecvKeys reads the highest epoch from a consumed future-key slot that has been zeroed, causing numKeysGenerate to overshoot and RtlMoveMemory to write beyond its heap buffer. The packet must come from an authenticated peer using the epoch-key data path; successful exploitation corrupts kernel memory and crashes the host.
Summary
What happened
Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenVPN ovpn-dco-win allows remote authenticated users to crash Windows systems via a crafted packet. OvpnCryptoEpochGenerateFutureRecvKeys reads the highest epoch from a consumed future-key slot that has been zeroed, causing numKeysGenerate to overshoot and RtlMoveMemory to write beyond its heap buffer. The packet must come from an authenticated peer using the epoch-key data path; successful exploitation corrupts kernel memory and crashes the host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-11604
- Published
- Jun 10, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 10, 2026
- Vendor
- OpenVPN Inc.
- Product
- OpenVPN Data Channel Offload for Windows
- Classifications
- CWE-787, CWE-131, CWE-122, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 10, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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