Request tampering via post-HMAC STUN attributes
Published Aug 19, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026
Message-integrity enforcement flaw in coturn before 4.15.0 allows on-path attackers to modify authenticated TURN requests via STUN attributes. In src/server/ns_turn_server.c, server-side parsers continue past MESSAGE-INTEGRITY even though check_stun_auth validates an HMAC over only the prefix up to that attribute; an attacker can extend the STUN length and recompute the unkeyed FINGERPRINT so trailing LIFETIME, XOR-PEER-ADDRESS, or ORIGIN attributes override the authenticated request. Exploitation requires an on-path position on plain UDP or TCP and can alter allocation lifetime, inject permissions, or satisfy the origin check, while TLS and DTLS prevent the in-transit rewrite.
Summary
What happened
Message-integrity enforcement flaw in coturn before 4.15.0 allows on-path attackers to modify authenticated TURN requests via STUN attributes. In src/server/ns_turn_server.c, server-side parsers continue past MESSAGE-INTEGRITY even though check_stun_auth validates an HMAC over only the prefix up to that attribute; an attacker can extend the STUN length and recompute the unkeyed FINGERPRINT so trailing LIFETIME, XOR-PEER-ADDRESS, or ORIGIN attributes override the authenticated request. Exploitation requires an on-path position on plain UDP or TCP and can alter allocation lifetime, inject permissions, or satisfy the origin check, while TLS and DTLS prevent the in-transit rewrite.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-68554
- Published
- Aug 19, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- Vendor
- coturn
- Product
- coturn
- Classifications
- CWE-924, CWE-345, T1557
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 4.15.0
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