# CVE-2026-65981: Coturn: MOBILITY-TICKET session-resume authorization bypass allows cross-user TURN allocation takeover

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.15.0
- Published: 2026-07-31 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- coturn: fixed in 4.15.0

## Description

Coturn is a free open source implementation of TURN and STUN Server. Prior to 4.15.0, a server using --mobility authenticates a resumed REFRESH request with the resuming user's credentials but does not verify that identity against the original allocation owner, allowing an authenticated attacker who obtains a victim MOBILITY-TICKET to receive and inject relayed traffic and consume the victim's quota. In the handle_turn_refresh resume branch, the victim allocation (orig_ss) is located solely by the attacker-controlled mobile id, and credentials are only adopted (via copy_auth_parameters) when the resuming session is unauthenticated. Because the attacker's session already has hmackey_set set to 1 from its own prior authentication (which is never reset for long-term-credential sessions), the credential copy is skipped and check_stun_auth validates the REFRESH against the attacker's own identity rather than the allocation owner's. This issue is fixed in version 4.15.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on coturn, upgrade to a fixed version (4.15.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/coturn/coturn/security/advisories/GHSA-69wx-x7x6-pjj8
- https://github.com/coturn/coturn/commit/37df0513168f830a7c9ce0a411db0300fa182f05

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