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 1.11.1, esl_recv_event() parses Content-Length with atol() and passes the result straight to malloc(len + 1) with no sign or magnitude check. A malicious or man-in-the-middle ESL peer can send a frame with a negative Content-Length to corrupt the heap of, or crash, any process linked against libesl, before the client has authenticated to that peer. This issue has been patched in version 1.11.1.
CVE-2026-49840
This critical-severity CVE scores 9.1 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 77% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 9.1
- EG Score
- 9.1(medium)
- EPSS
- 22.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 9, 2026
Last Modified
June 10, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jun 9, 2026FreeSWITCH v1.11.1 Release
Patch available: signalwire/freeswitch v1.11.1
https://github.com/signalwire/freeswitch/releases/tag/v1.11.1Pre-authentication heap buffer overflow in libesl `Content-Length` parsing. · Advisory · signalwire/freeswitch · GitHub
https://github.com/signalwire/freeswitch/security/advisories/GHSA-g597-9fgg-ghg9Weakness Classification(4)
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