Vulnerability · Published Sep 4, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-57163PJSIP: Stack overflow parsing a TLS peer certificate's SubjectAltName in GnuTLS backend

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity stack buffer overflow in pjproject from pjsip. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 65.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library written in C. Prior to commit c4a151a, a stack buffer overflow exists in the GnuTLS TLS backend when parsing the Subject Alternative Name extension of a peer certificate (tls_cert_get_info() in ssl_sock_gtls.c). Only GnuTLS builds are affected (--with-gnutls); OpenSSL and Apple SecureTransport/Network.framework builds are not affected. While extracting certificate information after a TLS handshake, an incorrect buffer-size value can cause an oversized SubjectAltName entry to be written past the end of a fixed-size stack buffer. A network-positioned attacker presenting a crafted certificate — a malicious server to a connecting client, or a malicious client to a server that requests certificates — can trigger this during the TLS handshake, before any SIP-level authentication. Impact may range from unexpected application termination to control flow hijack/memory corruption. This issue has been patched via commit c4a151a.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:14asteriskno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-57163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSasteriskno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-57163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSasteriskno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-57163
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSasteriskno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-57163
Ubuntu:26.10asteriskno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-57163

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
pjsip pjproject < c4a151af86fadd16d9480b2603eeb2abf4fb4f78

Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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