Buffer overflow in Opensips

CVE-2026-45537

OpenSIPS is a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server implementation. In versions prior to 3.6.6 and 4.0.0-rc1, the construct_uri() function concatenates multiple URI components (protocol, username, domain, port, params) into a fixed 1024-byte global BSS buffer without any bounds checking. When a routing script calls construct_uri() with an attacker-controlled username, a combined component length exceeding 1024 bytes overflows the buffer, corrupting adjacent global data with attacker-controlled content. The overflow reaches disable_503_translation, a global flag controlling SIP 503 response handling, allowing an attacker to deterministically set the flag via the URI username and alter the server's routing behavior for subsequent messages. Because the same buffer is shared with contact_builder(), the overflow also corrupts that function's data, and without a memory sanitizer the adjacent globals are silently overwritten on every request containing a long username. This issue has been fixed in versions 3.6.6 and 4.0.0-rc1.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (29.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

  • Opensips — versions >= 3.4.0, < 3.6.6, >= 4.0.0-beta, < 4.0.0-rc1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-45537?
CVE-2026-45537 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Opensips, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2026-45537?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.