OpenVPN version 2.5.0 through 2.6.22 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.6 on Windows allows local authenticated users to perform a binary planting attack during network configuration steps
CVE-2026-84226
This high-severity CVE scores 8.5 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 96% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.5
- EG Score
- 8.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 38(Track)EG Risk 38/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity85% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 7, 2026
Last Modified
September 8, 2026
References (1)
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-84226(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 29× in last 7d / 54× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-09-19 17:04 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-19 17:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-19 05:54 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-19 05:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-18 18:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-18 07:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-17 20:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-17 20:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-17 05:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-16 18:20 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-16 18:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-16 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-16 06:53 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-16 06:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-15 19:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-15 08:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-15 08:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-14 21:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-14 10:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-13 22:55 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-13 22:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-13 11:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-13 00:34 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-13 00:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-12 13:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-12 02:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-11 14:59 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-11 14:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-11 03:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-10 16:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-10 16:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-10 05:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-09 18:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-09 07:03 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-09 07:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-08 19:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-08 16:02 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-08 16:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-08 15:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-08 15:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-08 06:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-07 19:40 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-07 19:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-07 08:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-07 07:53 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-07 07:51 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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