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CVE-2026-80520

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Aug 26, 2026Sources checked Nov 3, 2026
7.5HIGHCVSS out of 10
What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-80520 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.5. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.6%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview

What is CVE-2026-80520?

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ovpn: fix NULL dereference when killing missing key

ovpn_crypto_kill_key assumes both crypto slots are populated and dereferences each slot before checking it. That is not guaranteed: a peer can have only one installed key, and the kill path may be asked to remove a key that is not present.

Read each slot once while holding the crypto state lock, check for NULL before looking at key_id, and only replace the slot that actually matches.

Source: NVD