# CVE-2026-73214: coturn allocates a full per-peer SSL/session before verifying the DTLS cookie, enabling source-spoofing/botnet state-exhaustion DoS

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.16.0
- Published: 2026-08-11 · Updated: 2026-08-12

## Affected

- coturn: fixed in 4.16.0

## Description

Coturn is a free open source implementation of TURN and STUN Server. Prior to 4.16.0, dtls_server_input_handler() and create_new_connected_udp_socket() in src/apps/relay/dtls_listener.c retain OpenSSL dtls1_reassemble_fragment() state for a 35-byte fragmented ClientHello declaring a 650,000-byte handshake before cookie validation, allowing an unauthenticated remote sender using fresh UDP tuples to exhaust memory without TURN credentials, a completed handshake, a valid cookie, or source spoofing. This issue is fixed in version 4.16.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on coturn, upgrade to a fixed version (4.16.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/coturn/coturn/security/advisories/GHSA-5x2p-4vqj-f6m4
- https://github.com/coturn/coturn/pull/2003
- https://github.com/coturn/coturn/pull/2012
- https://github.com/coturn/coturn/commit/37e13d1d60af8f1422c01b5e9f1c6bc355d03b85
- https://github.com/coturn/coturn/commit/beb4de9dcb6a475129595b943c9a34264420df09
- https://github.com/coturn/coturn/releases/tag/4.16.0

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