OpenSIPS up to 4.0.0 SIP Message sipmsgops.c sip_to_json stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in OpenSIPS up to 4.0.0. This impacts the function sip_to_json of the file modules/sipmsgops/sipmsgops.c of the component SIP Message Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-45538. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in OpenSIPS up to 4.0.0. This vulnerability affects the function sip_to_json of the file modules/sipmsgops/sipmsgops.c of the component SIP Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

OpenSIPS is a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server implementation. In versions 4.0.0 and prior, processing a SIP message with a header name longer than 255 bytes causes a stack buffer overflow when sip_to_json() is called in the routing script. Function sip_to_json() (modules/sipmsgops/sipmsgops.c) copies SIP header names into a fixed 255-byte stack buffer without bounds checking, performing a memcpy of the full header-name length even though the SIP parser imposes no such limit (a header name can be roughly 65000 bytes). As a result, when a routing script calls sip_to_json(), a SIP message with a header name longer than 255 bytes triggers a stack buffer overflow in which both the length and content of the overwrite are attacker-controlled, corrupting the saved frame pointer and return address. A single unauthenticated UDP packet to the SIP port (5060) can crash the process or, on builds without stack protections, hijack the return address to achieve remote code execution. This affects deployments whose routing script invokes sip_to_json(). This issue was not fixed at the time of publication.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-45538 since 05/12/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/04/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• OpenSIPS

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• 4.0

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• Product: https://github.com/OpenSIPS/opensips/

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