Coturn: IPv4-mapped IPv6 (::ffff:0:0/96) bypasses denied-peer-ip ACL
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
Coturn is a free open source implementation of TURN and STUN Server. Coturn is commonly configured to block loopback and internal ranges using "denied-peer-ip" and/or default loopback restrictions. CVE-2020-26262 addressed bypasses involving "0.0.0.0", "[::1]" and "[::]", but IPv4-mapped IPv6 is not covered. When sending a "CreatePermission" or "ChannelBind" request with the "XOR-PEER-ADDRESS" value of "::ffff:127.0.0.1", a successful response is received, even though "127.0.0.0/8" is blocked via "denied-peer-ip". The root cause is that, prior to the updated fix implemented in version 4.9.0, three functions in "src/client/ns_turn_ioaddr.c" do not check "IN6_IS_ADDR_V4MAPPED". "ioa_addr_is_loopback()" checks "127.x.x.x" (AF_INET) and "::1" (AF_INET6), but not "::ffff:127.0.0.1." "ioa_addr_is_zero()" checks "0.0.0.0" and "::", but not "::ffff:0.0.0.0." "addr_less_eq()" used by "ioa_addr_in_range()" for "denied-peer-ip" matching: when the range is AF_INET and the peer is AF_INET6, the comparison returns 0 without extracting the embedded IPv4. Version 4.9.0 contains an updated fix to address the bypass of the fix for CVE-2020-26262.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
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Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA coturn (coturn) Fixed in 4.9.0
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-27624
References
More Coturn vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-32037 Coturn: Stack buffer overflow in decode_oauth_token_gcm() CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-29348 Coturn: Misaligned Memory Access in coturn STUN Attribute Parser (Remote DoS on ARM64) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-38529 Coturn: SQL Injection in HTTPS Admin Panel Delete Operations CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-38531 Coturn: IPv4-mapped 127.0.0.1 bypasses default loopback peer protection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
- TI-2026-38530 Coturn: Arbitrary File Write via CLI psd Command CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.0
- TI-2020-04928 Out-of-bounds read in CoTURN CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-27624 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-27624 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-27624 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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