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High · 7.1 CVE-2026-68553 EUVD-2026-63077

Coturn: Format String Injection via TURN USERNAME/REALM into hiredis Redis Command

Published Aug 19, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
coturn coturn < 4.13.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 coturn 4.14.0-1 —
Debian 13 coturn No fix yet —
Debian 12 coturn No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 coturn No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS coturn No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS coturn No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS coturn No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS coturn No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS coturn No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS coturn No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed coturn 4.17.2-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11617-1

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