v2.6.17

CVE-2025-13751: Windows/interactive service: fix erroneous exit on error that could be used by a local Windows users to achieve a local denial-of-service

Windows/interactive service: improve service pipe robustness against file access races (uuid) and access by unauthorized processes (ACL).
upgrade bundled build instruction (vcpkg and patch) for pkcs11-helper to 1.31, fixing a parser bug

Windows Client: Community MSI installer for Windows client can be found at Community Downloads.

Linux Packages: Instructions for installing community-maintained Linux packages can be found in the Community Wiki.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/compare/v2.6.16...v2.6.17

CVE-2025-13751: Windows/interactive service: fix erroneous exit on error that could be used by a local Windows users to achieve a local denial-of-service

Windows/interactive service: improve service pipe robustness against file access races (uuid) and access by unauthorized processes (ACL).
upgrade bundled build instruction (vcpkg and patch) for pkcs11-helper to 1.31, fixing a parser bug

Windows Client: Community MSI installer for Windows client can be found at Community Downloads.

Linux Packages: Instructions for installing community-maintained Linux packages can be found in the Community Wiki.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/compare/v2.6.16...v2.6.17

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