PJSIP: Heap use-after-free in PJSIP presence subscription termination handler
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library written in C. Prior to version 2.17, a heap use-after-free vulnerability exists in PJSIP's event subscription framework (evsub.c) that is triggered during presence unsubscription (SUBSCRIBE with Expires=0). This issue has been patched in version 2.17.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA pjproject (pjsip) Fixed in 2.17
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-28799
References
More Pjsip vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-08599 Potential out-of-bound read/write in PJSIP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-21009 PJSIP has a heap buffer overflow in ICE with long username CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.1
- TI-2022-18621 Buffer overflow in pjlib scanner and pjmedia CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-29548 PJSIP: Stack buffer overflow in pjsip_auth_create_digest2() CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-23213 PJSIP: Stack buffer overflow in Opus codec parser CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2022-07601 Heap buffer overflow in pjproject when decoding STUN message CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-28799 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-28799 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-28799 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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