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Public proof of concept

CVE-2026-121943

Irontec sngrep through 1.9.0 Out-of-Bounds Stack Read via sip_check_packet

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2026-11-04
  • WeaknessCWE-170

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Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2026-11-0412:31CVE publishedCNA

Versions per branch

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As VulnCheck, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2026-11-04

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • sngrepUbuntu:26.10all versions · no fixed version listed
  • sngrepUbuntu:26.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • sngrepUbuntu:24.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • sngrepUbuntu:22.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • sngrepUbuntu:20.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • sngrepUbuntu:18.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • sngrepUbuntu:16.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2026-121943 Red Hat Product Security

    sngrep: sngrep: Denial of Service via crafted SIP packet

Full record on NVD

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2026-11-04
  • CNACVSS 4.06.32026-11-04
  • CNACVSS 3.14.82026-11-04
  • NVDCVSS 3.14.8read 2026-11-05
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-1702026-11-04
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-170read 2026-11-05
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score5.6 %2026-11-05
  • OSVaffected packages—
  • GitHub Advisoriesadvisory—

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CVSS 4.0 vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Published
2026-11-04
Last Modified
2026-11-04
NVD status
Deferred
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-v6rr-x6vh-q7q4

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-121943?

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.

Is CVE-2026-121943 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2026-121943, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-121943?

CVE-2026-121943 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.8 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L.

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