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CVE-2026-116785

FreeSWITCH: Pre-authentication heap out-of-bounds write in mod_xml_rpc WebSocket frame length handling

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2026-11-05
  • WeaknessCWE-122 · CWE-681 · CWE-787

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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 1.11.2, ws_read_frame() decoded a WebSocket frame's 64-bit extended payload length with a 32-bit byte swap and narrowed the result into a signed length. A value whose surviving low word became negative bypassed the signed size check and was reinterpreted as an enormous unsigned count, causing client bytes to overwrite memory beyond the 64 KiB receive buffer. Any client completing a /socket WebSocket upgrade on an enabled mod_xml_rpc endpoint reached the parser before HTTP authentication; both the module and WebSocket endpoint are disabled by default. The heap overwrite can corrupt connection pointers and crash FreeSWITCH, ending every concurrent session, although remote code execution has not been demonstrated. This issue is fixed in version 1.11.2.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2026-11-0519:26CVE publishedCNA

Versions per branch

Products declared by the CNA

As GitHub_M, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written. NVD lists no product for this CVE yet: this is the only product data so far.

  • signalwire freeswitch
    Affected
    • = < 1.11.2no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2026-11-05

Neither OSV.dev nor the vendor advisories we read list affected versions for CVE-2026-116785 yet.

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Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

Nuclei template
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ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
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Exploit-DB
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • NVDCVE record2026-11-05
  • CNACVSS 3.19.12026-11-05
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-122, CWE-681, CWE-7872026-11-05

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Published
2026-11-05

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-116785?

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 1.11.2, ws_read_frame() decoded a WebSocket frame's 64-bit extended payload length with a 32-bit byte swap and narrowed the result into a signed length. A value whose surviving low word became negative bypassed the signed size check and was reinterpreted as an enormous unsigned count, causing client bytes to overwrite memory beyond the 64 KiB receive buffer. Any client completing a /socket WebSocket upgrade on an enabled mod_xml_rpc endpoint reached the parser before HTTP authentication; both the module and WebSocket endpoint are disabled by default. The heap overwrite can corrupt connection pointers and crash FreeSWITCH, ending every concurrent session, although remote code execution has not been demonstrated. This issue is fixed in version 1.11.2.

Is CVE-2026-116785 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-116785 has not been confirmed.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-116785?

CVE-2026-116785 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

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