CVE-2026-49840

9.1 CRITICAL
Published: June 09, 2026 Modified: June 10, 2026
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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 version 1.11.1, esl_recv_event() parses Content-Length with atol() and passes the result straight to malloc(len + 1) with no sign or magnitude check. A malicious or man-in-the-middle ESL peer can send a frame with a negative Content-Length to corrupt the heap of, or crash, any process linked against libesl, before the client has authenticated to that peer. This issue has been patched in version 1.11.1.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/signalwire/freeswitch/releases/tag/v1.11.1
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Release Notes
https://github.com/signalwire/freeswitch/security/advisories/GHSA-g597-9fgg-ghg9
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Third Party Advisory

2 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.1 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.3%
18th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

freeswitch