CVE-2026-45771: signalwire freeswitch · XML Entity Expansion
Affects signalwire freeswitchSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 1.11.0 soon.
Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 19:04 UTC
- 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:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 9 Jun 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| signalwirefreeswitch | Affected
| Fixed in
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GitHubsignalwire/freeswitchpkg:github/signalwire/freeswitchOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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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.