Is CVE-2026-49840 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-49840 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2026-49840?

Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.1, published 9 June 2026.

Which products and versions are affected?

SignalWire FreeSWITCH <= 1.11.0.

Is there a fix for CVE-2026-49840?

A patch was published on 2026-05-26: Version 1.11.1 released Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

How is CVE-2026-49840 attacked?

It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

Am I affected by CVE-2026-49840?

Check whether you run SignalWire FreeSWITCH at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2026-49840: SignalWire FreeSWITCH heap buffer overflow in libesl Content-Length parsing

Q: Is there a fix for CVE-2026-49840?

A patch was published on 2026-05-26: Version 1.11.1 released Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

Q: How is CVE-2026-49840 attacked?

It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

Q: Am I affected by CVE-2026-49840?

Check whether you run SignalWire FreeSWITCH at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2026-49840 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.1 · Published 2026-06-09

FreeSWITCH is an open-source telephony platform used for building communication systems like VoIP and PBX. A vulnerability in its Event Socket Library (libesl) allows a malicious server or a man-in-the-middle attacker to crash or corrupt the memory of applications that connect to it. This can lead to service outages or unauthorized system manipulation before any authentication takes place.

Technologies: SignalWire FreeSWITCH. Vendors: SignalWire.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-49840 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-49840 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-49840?: Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.1, published 9 June 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: SignalWire FreeSWITCH <= 1.11.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-49840?: A patch was published on 2026-05-26: Version 1.11.1 released Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-49840 attacked?: It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-49840?: Check whether you run SignalWire FreeSWITCH at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

A heap-based buffer overflow and signed-to-unsigned conversion error exist in the esl_recv_event() function of libesl. The function parses the 'Content-Length' header using atol() and passes the result to malloc() without validating the sign or magnitude. An attacker acting as an ESL peer can provide a negative value (e.g., -1), leading to a small allocation followed by an out-of-bounds write, or a larger negative value leading to a NULL pointer dereference and process crash. This occurs pre-authentication, affecting any tool linked against libesl such as fs_cli, mod_esl, and mod_hash. The issue is fixed in version 1.11.1 by implementing a 16 MiB cap and proper runtime checks.

Affected products

SignalWire FreeSWITCH <= 1.11.0

Timeline

2026-05-26: patched: Version 1.11.1 released
2026-06-03: advisory: GitHub Security Advisory published
2026-06-09: disclosed: CVE published to NVD

References

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