CVE-2026-65981
Coturn: MOBILITY-TICKET session-resume authorization bypass allows cross-user TURN allocation takeover
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.1
Coturn: MOBILITY-TICKET session-resume authorization bypass allows cross-user TURN allocation takeover
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-65981- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-51651
7.1
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.
- Record
EUVD-2026-51651- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.1
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-65981- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.1
Coturn: MOBILITY-TICKET session-resume authorization bypass allows cross-user TURN allocation takeover
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-65981- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-65981
7.1
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-65981- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-65981
7.1
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-65981- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:11617-1 No score
coturn-4.17.2-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the coturn-4.17.2-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:11617-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
coturnDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.12.0-14.14.0-14.15.0-14.18.0-14.6.1-14.6.1-2 |
None known |
coturnDebian:13 |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.12.0-14.14.0-14.15.0-14.18.0-14.6.1-2 |
None known |
coturnDebian:14 |
before 4.15.0-1, plus listed versions 4.12.0-14.14.0-14.6.1-2 |
4.15.0-1 |
coturnUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.4.5.4-24.5.0.2-34.5.0.3-14.5.0.3-1build14.5.0.3-1ubuntu0.24.5.0.3-1ubuntu0.34.5.0.3-1ubuntu0.4 |
None known |
coturnUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.5.0.6-1ubuntu24.5.0.7-1ubuntu14.5.0.7-1ubuntu24.5.0.7-1ubuntu2.18.04.14.5.0.7-1ubuntu2.18.04.24.5.0.7-1ubuntu2.18.04.3 |
None known |
coturnUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.5.1.1-1.1build14.5.1.1-1.1build24.5.1.1-1.1ubuntu0.20.04.14.5.1.1-1.1ubuntu0.20.04.2 |
None known |
coturnUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.5.2-34.5.2-3.1~ubuntu22.04.1 |
None known |
coturnUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.6.1-1build14.6.1-1build24.6.1-1build34.6.1-1build4 |
None known |
coturnUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.6.1-2build24.12.0-14.14.0-14.15.0-14.18.0-1 |
None known |
coturnUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.6.1-2build14.6.1-2build2 |
None known |
coturnopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 17 CVEs |
before 4.17.2-1.1 | 4.17.2-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-65981 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Coturn, published July 31, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. Fixed in coturn 4.15.0-1.
References
github.com/coturn/coturn/security/advisories/GHSA-69wx-x7x6-pjj8
github.com/coturn/coturn/commit/37df0513168f830a7c9ce0a411db0300fa182f05
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/65xxx/CVE-2026-65981.json
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65981
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-65981
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-65981
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