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CVE-2026-45771: signalwire freeswitch · XML Entity Expansion

Affects signalwire freeswitchSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 1.11.0 soon.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 19:04 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 27% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.11.0
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 9 Jun 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 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade freeswitch and signalwire/freeswitch to 1.11.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
signalwirefreeswitchAffected
  • <1.11.0
Fixed in
  • 1.11.0
GitHubsignalwire/freeswitchpkg:github/signalwire/freeswitchOther threatsAffected
  • <1.11.0
Fixed in
  • 1.11.0

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AI-suggested

Upgrade FreeSWITCH to version 1.11.0 or later, where the XML parser has been patched to limit recursive entity expansion. Since the vulnerability is fixed in 1.11.0, applying this official update fully mitigates the issue. No other vendor advisories or temporary fixes are indicated.

Description

FreeSWITCH is a Software Defined Telecom Stack enabling the digital transformation from proprietary telecom switches to a software implementation that runs on any commodity hardware. Prior to version 1.11.0, FreeSWITCH's bundled XML parser expands nested <!ENTITY> declarations without a depth or count bound, so a small DTD can describe a body that expands exponentially ("billion laughs"). The PIDF body of a SIP PUBLISH is fed to this parser before any digest check, letting an unauthenticated network attacker force unbounded CPU and memory consumption with a single request. This issue has been patched in version 1.11.0.

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