FreeSWITCH: Pre-authentication session eviction via attacker-chosen `sessid` in `mod_verto`
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
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 1.11.1, mod_verto's JSON-RPC handler bound the connection to the client-supplied sessid on the first frame, before the authentication gate. Binding inserts the connection into the global session hash and, on a key collision, drops the prior occupant of that slot — sending it a verto.punt, detaching its calls, and closing its socket. An unauthenticated network attacker who knows a target session UUID could therefore evict the legitimate client. This issue has been patched in version 1.11.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| signalwire | freeswitch | before 1.11.1 | 1.11.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- freeswitch Vendorsignalwire Affected before 1.11.1 Fixed in 1.11.1 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:freeswitch:freeswitch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.11.1 | Vulnerable | freeswitch |
- cpe:2.3:a:freeswitch:freeswitch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.11.1 Vulnerable ·freeswitch
Remediation
- Fix · CNA freeswitch (signalwire) Fixed in 1.11.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-49843
References
More signalwire vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-08915 heap-over-flow in stun_parse_attribute in sofia-sip CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-13049 Heap-based Buffer Overflow and Out-of-bounds Write in Sofia-SIP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-28097 FreeSWITCH susceptible to Denial of Service via DTLS Hello packets during call initiation CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-20909 Resource allocation without limits in signalwire freeswitch CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-20908 FreeSWITCH allows remote users to trigger out of bounds write by offering an ICE candidate with unknown component ID CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-15601 heap-over-flow and integer-overflow in sofia-sip CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
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