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Fencer Vulns
high 7.1

CVE-2026-65981 json

Coturn: MOBILITY-TICKET session-resume authorization bypass allows cross-user TURN allocation takeover

published 2026-07-31 3 mo ago modified 2026-09-09 1 mo ago also EUVD-2026-51651

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Coturn is a free open source implementation of TURN and STUN Server. Prior to 4.15.0, a server using --mobility authenticates a resumed REFRESH request with the resuming user's credentials but does not verify that identity against the original allocation owner, allowing an authenticated attacker who obtains a victim MOBILITY-TICKET to receive and inject relayed traffic and consume the victim's quota. In the handle_turn_refresh resume branch, the victim allocation (orig_ss) is located solely by the attacker-controlled mobile id, and credentials are only adopted (via copy_auth_parameters) when the resuming session is unauthenticated. Because the attacker's session already has hmackey_set set to 1 from its own prior authentication (which is never reset for long-term-credential sessions), the credential copy is skipped and check_stun_auth validates the REFRESH against the attacker's own identity rather than the allocation owner's. This issue is fixed in version 4.15.0.

Patch / fix

  • coturn_project coturn 4.15.0
  • coturn Debian 14 4.15.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-65981

  • coturn openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.17.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11617-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-65981 updated cvss 7.1

coturn: Coturn: Authorization bypass allows session takeover via MOBILITY-TICKET session resume

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
3 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/coturn/coturn/security/advisories/GHSA-69wx-x7x6-pjj8 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Affected products

  • coturn coturn

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

Sources

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