SoftEtherVPN is a an open-source cross-platform multi-protocol VPN Program. In 5.2.5188 and earlier, a pre-authentication denial-of-service vulnerability exists in SoftEther VPN Developer Edition 5.2.5188 (and likely earlier versions of Developer Edition). An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash the vpnserver process by sending a single malformed EAP-TLS packet over raw L2TP (UDP/1701), terminating all active VPN sessions.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Softethervpn
Softethervpn softethervpn
Vendors & Products Softethervpn
Softethervpn softethervpn

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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Description SoftEtherVPN is a an open-source cross-platform multi-protocol VPN Program. In 5.2.5188 and earlier, a pre-authentication denial-of-service vulnerability exists in SoftEther VPN Developer Edition 5.2.5188 (and likely earlier versions of Developer Edition). An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash the vpnserver process by sending a single malformed EAP-TLS packet over raw L2TP (UDP/1701), terminating all active VPN sessions.
Title Pre-Auth EAP-TLS DoS on SoftEther VPN Developer Edition
Weaknesses CWE-789
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-04-07T16:52:08.172Z

Updated: 2026-04-07T17:27:16.498Z

Reserved: 2026-04-06T19:31:07.265Z

Link: CVE-2026-39312

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-07T17:27:08.391Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-07T17:16:36.920

Modified: 2026-04-08T21:27:00.663

Link: CVE-2026-39312

cve-icon Redhat

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