Out-of-bounds stack read in Irontec sngrep SIP packet parsing
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Irontec sngrep through 1.9.0 contains an out-of-bounds stack read in sip_check_packet, caused by an off-by-one length check on 10240-byte SIP payloads. A remote attacker can send a crafted UDP or TCP SIP packet or supply a pcap file to crash sngrep or leak adjacent stack bytes into displayed SIP fields.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Description from the CNA
Irontec sngrep through 1.9.0 contains an out-of-bounds stack read vulnerability in sip_check_packet and sip_validate_packet caused by an off-by-one length check on 10240-byte SIP payloads. Remote attackers can send a crafted UDP or TCP SIP packet or supply a pcap file to crash sngrep or leak adjacent stack bytes into displayed SIP fields.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- 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
The sources list no fixed version for sngrep.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-11-04 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-121943
- 2026-11-04 Alias added: GHSA-v6rr-x6vh-q7q4
- 2026-11-04 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More irontec vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-23438 Irontec Sngrep v1.8.1 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-18152 Sngrep v1.6.0 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2023-15298 Sngrep v1.6.0 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2023-15297 Sngrep v1.6.0 was discovered to contain a stack buffer overflow via the function packet_set_payload at /src/packet.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-85055 Infinite loop in sngrep allows denial of service via crafted pcap CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2024-02922 Stack-Buffer Overflow in 'Content-Length' and 'Warning' Header Processing in sngrep CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-121943 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-121943 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v6rr-x6vh-q7q4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-121943 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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