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CVE-2026-116567: signalwire freeswitch · Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Affects signalwire freeswitchSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 1.11.2 soon.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 20:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

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One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (GitHub_M)CVSS 3.17.5
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.11.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade signalwire freeswitch to 1.11.2.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
signalwirefreeswitchAffected
  • <1.11.2
Fixed in
  • 1.11.2

AI-suggested

Upgrade FreeSWITCH to version 1.11.2 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. If upgrading is not immediately possible, disable the mod_rtmp module to prevent exposure, as it is disabled by default in stock builds. No other mitigations are documented.

Description

CVE-2026-116567 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in FreeSWITCH's mod_rtmp module prior to version 1.11.2. The flaw occurs in the rtmp_handle_control() function, which uses an unbounded sprintf loop to render RTMP user-control messages into a fixed 200-byte stack buffer. Messages with a body of roughly 70 bytes or more can overflow the stack before any RTMP login, potentially crashing FreeSWITCH and terminating all active calls. The vulnerability requires no authentication and affects deployments that enable mod_rtmp, which is disabled by default. This issue is fixed in FreeSWITCH version 1.11.2.

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