CVSS 3.1
7.4 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NCVE-2026-116789
High (7.4) in signalwire freeswitch. EPSS 0.2% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
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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, dtls_state_setup() compared a peer certificate with the SDP a=fingerprint only when FreeSWITCH was the DTLS client, not when it held the DTLS server role. An unauthenticated peer able to reach the negotiated media port could complete the DTLS-SRTP handshake with an unrelated certificate, obtain the leg's SRTP keys, decrypt and inject media, and displace the legitimate endpoint; on ICE-enabled legs the peer also needs the connectivity-check credentials from SDP, which generally requires signaling visibility or a position on its path. WebRTC and SIP DTLS-SRTP legs are affected whenever the peer selects the active role, while FreeSWITCH client-role handshakes already perform fingerprint validation. Version 1.11.2 introduces the remediation, which requires rtp_dtls_client_cert_verify_mode=fingerprint.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.2% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 7th percentile. Scored 2026-11-10. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
- CISA's assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total, assessed 2026-11-09. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
- OWASP Top 10
- A07:2025 Authentication Failures
- Published
- Modified
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M (CNA)
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting analysis
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Affected
Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| signalwire freeswitch | < 1.11.2 |
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- CAPEC-459 Creating a Rogue Certification Authority Certificate Likelihood: Medium · Severity: Very High
- CAPEC-475 Signature Spoofing by Improper Validation Likelihood: Low · Severity: High
- CAPEC-57 Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive Data Likelihood: Medium · Severity: Very High
- CAPEC-94 Adversary in the Middle (AiTM) Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
- CAPEC-466 Leveraging Active Adversary in the Middle Attacks to Bypass Same Origin Policy Severity: Medium
- CAPEC-589 DNS Blocking
- CAPEC-590 IP Address Blocking Likelihood: Low · Severity: High
- CAPEC-612 WiFi MAC Address Tracking Severity: Low
- CAPEC-613 WiFi SSID Tracking Severity: Low
- CAPEC-615 Evil Twin Wi-Fi Attack Severity: Low
The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits. More on the page of CWE-300.