CVE-2026-68553 (GCVE-0-2026-68553)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-19 20:37
Modified
2026-08-20 19:48
CWE
  • CWE-134 - Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
Summary
Coturn is a free open source implementation of TURN and STUN Server. Prior to 4.13.0, an authenticated TURN user can place printf-style format specifiers in the STUN USERNAME or REALM attribute, which passes is_secure_string() validation and is embedded into Redis keys at nine call sites in src/apps/relay/ns_ioalib_engine_impl.c. send_message_to_redis() in src/apps/relay/hiredis_libevent2.c then passes the attacker-controlled key as the format argument to redisAsyncCommand() while supplying only one variadic value, causing hiredis redisvFormatCommand() to read past the va_list. Exploitation can crash the coturn process and terminate active TURN sessions or disclose stack memory into Redis. This issue is fixed in version 4.13.0.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
coturn coturn Version: < 4.13.0
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