CVE-2026-116789 FreeSWITCH: DTLS-SRTP peer certificate is not bound to the SDP fingerprint when FreeSWITCH is the DTLS server
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-116789?
CVE-2026-116789 is a high-severity vulnerability in signalwire freeswitch, published on 5 Nov 2026.
Official 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, 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-116789?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freeswitch.
How do I fix CVE-2026-116789?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-116789 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-116789 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-116789 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in signalwire freeswitch
- CVE-2026-116779 SignalWire FreeSwitch Code Injection
- CVE-2026-49841 FreeSWITCH: Pre-authentication heap buffer overflow in `mod_verto` HTTP POST body read
- CVE-2019-19492 FreeSWITCH 1.6.10 through 1.10.1 has a default password in event_socket.conf.xml.
- CVE-2026-116785 FreeSWITCH: Pre-authentication heap out-of-bounds write in mod_xml_rpc WebSocket frame length handling
- CVE-2026-116790 FreeSWITCH: Inbound ICE connectivity checks are accepted without verifying STUN MESSAGE-INTEGRITY
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8ghv-ccjr-4cx9.