# CVE-2026-116574: FreeSWITCH: Off-by-one heap write in core XML serialization of four-byte UTF-8 sequences

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.11.2
- Published: 2026-11-05 · Updated: 2026-11-05

CVE-2026-116574 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 5.9 (medium) and affects freeswitch; fixed in 1.11.2.

## Summary

FreeSWITCH, an open-source telephony software stack, is affected by a heap buffer overflow in its XML serialization code. A remote attacker who has low-privilege access can trigger a one-byte write past a heap allocation, which can crash the process or corrupt an adjacent object, with the attack requiring specific conditions to succeed (the complexity is high), and it is reached remotely over the network.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- signalwire freeswitch: fixed in 1.11.2

## Description

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 1.11.2, switch_xml_ampencode() reserved only ten bytes for the widest numeric character reference produced from a four-byte UTF-8 sequence, omitting space for the terminating NUL. When remote-supplied text was serialized at the exact buffer-growth boundary, the terminator wrote one byte beyond the heap allocation. Reachable surfaces include mod_xml_cdr, conference and formatted CDR XML, XML Event Socket output, and XML API output that serializes caller-controlled values. The fixed zero-byte write can abort the process or truncate an adjacent object, while remote code execution has not been demonstrated. This issue is fixed in version 1.11.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on signalwire freeswitch, upgrade to a fixed version (1.11.2) per the references below.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-116574 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-116574

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-116574?

freeswitch: before 1.11.2.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-116574

### How do I fix CVE-2026-116574?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 1.11.2.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-116574

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## References

- https://github.com/signalwire/freeswitch/security/advisories/GHSA-r6vh-qmwm-h3cc
- https://github.com/signalwire/freeswitch/commit/28fcfd26246c112fa4b9e698433d09e4836ca1b5
- https://github.com/signalwire/freeswitch/releases/tag/v1.11.2

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