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 1.11.0, FreeSWITCH's bundled XML parser expands nested <!ENTITY> declarations without a depth or count bound, so a small DTD can describe a body that expands exponentially ("billion laughs"). The PIDF body of a SIP PUBLISH is fed to this parser before any digest check, letting an unauthenticated network attacker force unbounded CPU and memory consumption with a single request. This issue has been patched in version 1.11.0.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://github.com/signalwire/freeswitch/releases/tag/v1.11.0 | Product Release Notes |
| https://github.com/signalwire/freeswitch/security/advisories/GHSA-5vjg-pv56-vg4c | Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
20 Jul 2026, 20:10
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10 Jun 2026, 15:04
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:freeswitch:freeswitch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| First Time |
Freeswitch freeswitch
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| References | () https://github.com/signalwire/freeswitch/releases/tag/v1.11.0 - Product, Release Notes | |
| References | () https://github.com/signalwire/freeswitch/security/advisories/GHSA-5vjg-pv56-vg4c - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory |
09 Jun 2026, 17:17
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Information
Published : 2026-06-09 17:17
Updated : 2026-07-20 20:10
NVD link : CVE-2026-45771
Mitre link : CVE-2026-45771
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-45771
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Products Affected
freeswitch
- freeswitch
CWE
CWE-776
Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
