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TI-2021-04481 Aliases CVE-2021-21382

Unsafe loopback forwarding interface in Restund

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-668Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

Restund is an open source NAT traversal server. The restund TURN server can be instructed to open a relay to the loopback address range. This allows you to reach any other service running on localhost which you might consider private. In the configuration that we ship (https://github.com/wireapp/ansible-restund/blob/master/templates/restund.conf.j2#L40-L43) the `status` interface of restund is enabled and is listening on `127.0.0.1`.The `status` interface allows users to issue administrative commands to `restund` like listing open relays or draining connections. It would be possible for an attacker to contact the status interface and issue administrative commands by setting `XOR-PEER-ADDRESS` to `127.0.0.1:{{restund_udp_status_port}}` when opening a TURN channel. We now explicitly disallow relaying to loopback addresses, 'any' addresses, link local addresses, and the broadcast address. As a workaround disable the `status` module in your restund configuration. However there might still be other services running on `127.0.0.0/8` that you do not want to have exposed. The `turn` module can be disabled. Restund will still perform STUN and this might already be enough for initiating calls in your environments. TURN is only used as a last resort when other NAT traversal options do not work. One should also make sure that the TURN server is set up with firewall rules so that it cannot relay to other addresses that you don't want the TURN server to relay to. For example other services in the same VPC where the TURN server is running. Ideally TURN servers should be deployed in an isolated fashion where they can only reach what they need to reach to perform their task of assisting NAT-traversal.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01469 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 4 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed restund (wireapp): 0.4.15

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
wireapprestundbefore 0.4.150.4.15Patch availableCNA
  • restund Vendorwireapp Affected before 0.4.15 Fixed in 0.4.15 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:wire:restund:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.4.15Vulnerablewireapp
  • cpe:2.3:a:wire:restund:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.4.15 Vulnerable ·wireapp

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA restund (wireapp) Fixed in 0.4.15

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-21382

References

Sources

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