coturn — security advisory
Coturn is a free open source implementation of TURN and STUN Server. Prior to 4.16.0, dtls_server_input_handler() and create_new_connected_udp_socket() in src/apps/relay/dtls_listener.c retain OpenSSL dtls1_reassemble_fragment() state for a 35-byte fragmented ClientHello declaring a 650,000-byte handshake before cookie validation, allowing an unauthenticated remote sender using fresh UDP tuples to exhaust memory without TURN credentials, a completed handshake, a valid cookie, or source spoofing. This issue is fixed in version 4.16.0.
- Products
- coturn
- Affected versions
- 4.12.0-1, 4.14.0-1, 4.15.0-1, 4.18.0-1, 4.6.1-1, 4.6.1-2
- Fixed versions
- 4.18.0-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-73214
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 29 Oct 2026, 13:52 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Coturn is a free open source implementation of TURN and STUN Server. Prior to 4.16.0, dtls_server_input_handler() and create_new_connected_udp_socket() in src/apps/relay/dtls_listener.c retain OpenSSL dtls1_reassemble_fragment() state for a 35-byte fragmented ClientHello declaring a 650,000-byte handshake before cookie validation, allowing an unauthenticated remote sender using fresh UDP tuples to exhaust memory without TURN credentials, a completed handshake, a valid cookie, or source spoofing. This issue is fixed in version 4.16.0.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73214
coturn
Fixed versions: Not specified
coturn
Fixed versions: Not specified
coturn
Fixed versions: 4.18.0-1
Complete source record
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