Pre-Auth EAP-TLS DoS on SoftEther VPN Developer Edition
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.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2026-39312
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 3 Nov 2026, 02:35 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Pre-Auth EAP-TLS DoS on SoftEther VPN Developer Edition
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 7 Apr 2026, 16:52 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2026-39312
Complete source record
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"summary": "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.",
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"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:25.176141792Z",
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