Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in coTURN - #VU140949

 

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in coTURN - #VU140949

Published: August 5, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU140949
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling in the multiplex-peer demux table when processing SEND indications, CreatePermission, or ChannelBind requests with attacker-chosen XOR-PEER-ADDRESS values in multiplex-peer mode. A remote user can send specially crafted requests with many distinct peer IP:port combinations to cause a denial of service.

The issue is exposed when the server is started with --multiplex-peer. A single permitted peer IP can be expanded across many ports, and the shared per-worker-thread table is fully scanned during permission expiry and session teardown, which increases CPU consumption for other sessions on the same worker.


Affected software

coTURN

Remediation

Install security update from vendor's website.

coTURN - update to 4.16.0

External References

Related Security Bulletins