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Pre-Auth EAP-TLS DoS on SoftEther VPN Developer Edition

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

Products
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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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Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 02:35 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Pre-Auth EAP-TLS DoS on SoftEther VPN Developer Edition

core-osv · Original source

Published 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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    "products": [],
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  "published_at": "2026-04-07T16:52:08.172+00:00"
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