Replace MD5 with SHA-256/SHA-512-256 for SIP Digest Authentication (RFC 8760) by Copilot · Pull Request #21 · codingjoe/VoIP

Copilot · 2026-03-13T13:29:14Z

MD5 is cryptographically broken and its use in SIP Digest Auth is deprecated by RFC 8760, which mandates SHA-256 and SHA-512-256 support.

Changes

voip/types.py: New DigestAlgorithm enum covering all RFC 8760 values: MD5, MD5-sess, SHA-256, SHA-256-sess, SHA-512-256, SHA-512-256-sess
voip/sip/protocol.py:
- digest_response() now accepts an algorithm parameter (default: SHA-256) and dispatches via hashlib.new(). Raises ValueError for unrecognised algorithms.
- response_received() reads algorithm from the server's WWW-Authenticate/Proxy-Authenticate challenge and echoes it in the Authorization header — server-advertised algorithm is honoured end-to-end.
tests/sip/test_protocol.py: Updated existing algorithm="MD5" assertion to algorithm="SHA-256"; added TestDigestResponse with coverage for correctness, backward-compat MD5, SHA-512-256, algorithm distinctness, and server algorithm negotiation.

# Server advertises SHA-256 → client responds with SHA-256
challenge = 'Digest realm="example.com", nonce="abc", algorithm="SHA-256"'
# Authorization header echoes: algorithm="SHA-256", response=<sha256-digest>

# No algorithm in challenge → defaults to SHA-256 (RFC 8760)
digest = SessionInitiationProtocol.digest_response(
    username="alice", ******,
    realm="example.com", nonce="abc",
    method="REGISTER", uri="sip:example.com",
    # algorithm defaults to DigestAlgorithm.SHA_256
)

MD5 remains supported for servers that explicitly request it.

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Pull request overview

Updates SIP Digest authentication to prefer RFC 8760 algorithms (SHA-256 / SHA-512-256) while keeping MD5 support for backward compatibility, and propagates the server-advertised algorithm through the challenge/response flow.

Changes:

Added DigestAlgorithm StrEnum representing RFC 8760 digest algorithm tokens.
Updated SIP REGISTER challenge handling to negotiate and echo the server’s algorithm, and updated digest computation to dispatch via hashlib.new().
Expanded tests to validate SHA-256 defaulting and algorithm negotiation, and added unit coverage for multiple algorithms.

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File	Description
`voip/types.py`	Introduces `DigestAlgorithm` enum for RFC 8760 digest algorithm values.
`voip/sip/protocol.py`	Negotiates `algorithm` from `WWW-Authenticate`/`Proxy-Authenticate`, uses it in `digest_response()`, and echoes it in `Authorization`.
`tests/sip/test_protocol.py`	Updates REGISTER retry assertion to SHA-256 and adds unit tests for digest computation and negotiation.

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voip/sip/protocol.py:401

response_received() only generates/echoes cnonce when qop is present, but MD5-sess/SHA-256-sess/SHA-512-256-sess also require cnonce for HA1 computation. As written, a server advertising algorithm=*-sess without qop will lead to an incorrect digest and the Authorization header will omit cnonce. Generate cnonce when the negotiated algorithm ends with -sess and include it in the Authorization header even if qop is absent.

            algorithm = params.get("algorithm", DigestAlgorithm.SHA_256)
            qop_options = params.get("qop", "")
            qop = (
                DigestQoP.AUTH.value
                if DigestQoP.AUTH.value in qop_options.split(",")
                else None
            )
            nc = "00000001"
            cnonce = secrets.token_hex(8) if qop else None
            digest = self.digest_response(
                username=self.username,
                password=self.password,
                realm=realm,
                nonce=nonce,
                method="REGISTER",
                uri=self.registrar_uri,
                algorithm=algorithm,
                qop=qop,
                nc=nc,
                cnonce=cnonce,
            )
            auth_value = (
                f'Digest username="{self.username}", realm="{realm}", '
                f'nonce="{nonce}", uri="{self.registrar_uri}", '
                f'response="{digest}", algorithm="{algorithm}"'
            )
            if qop:
                auth_value += f', qop={qop}, nc={nc}, cnonce="{cnonce}"'
            if opaque:

voip/sip/protocol.py:406

digest_response() now raises ValueError for unsupported algorithm, but response_received() doesn’t handle that exception. If a server sends an unknown/typo’d algorithm token, this callback will raise and can break registration flow. Catch ValueError around the digest computation, log a warning including the server-provided algorithm, and avoid scheduling a retry when the challenge can’t be satisfied.

            digest = self.digest_response(
                username=self.username,
                password=self.password,
                realm=realm,
                nonce=nonce,
                method="REGISTER",
                uri=self.registrar_uri,
                algorithm=algorithm,
                qop=qop,
                nc=nc,
                cnonce=cnonce,
            )
            auth_value = (
                f'Digest username="{self.username}", realm="{realm}", '
                f'nonce="{nonce}", uri="{self.registrar_uri}", '
                f'response="{digest}", algorithm="{algorithm}"'
            )
            if qop:
                auth_value += f', qop={qop}, nc={nc}, cnonce="{cnonce}"'
            if opaque:
                auth_value += f', opaque="{opaque}"'
            if is_proxy:
                asyncio.create_task(self.register(proxy_authorization=auth_value))
            else:
                asyncio.create_task(self.register(authorization=auth_value))

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voip/sip/protocol.py

+        is_sess = algorithm.endswith("-sess")
+
+        def h(data: str) -> str:
+            return hashlib.new(hash_name, data.encode()).hexdigest()
+
+        ha1 = h(f"{username}:{realm}:{password}")
+        if is_sess:
+            ha1 = h(f"{ha1}:{nonce}:{cnonce}")
+        ha2 = h(f"{method}:{uri}")
        if qop in (DigestQoP.AUTH, DigestQoP.AUTH_INT):
-            return hashlib.md5(  # noqa: S324
-                f"{ha1}:{nonce}:{nc}:{cnonce}:{qop}:{ha2}".encode()
-            ).hexdigest()
-        return hashlib.md5(f"{ha1}:{nonce}:{ha2}".encode()).hexdigest()  # noqa: S324
+            return h(f"{ha1}:{nonce}:{nc}:{cnonce}:{qop}:{ha2}")
+        return h(f"{ha1}:{nonce}:{ha2}")


tests/sip/test_protocol.py

+        )
+        assert r_md5 != r_sha256
+        assert r_sha256 != r_sha512
+


codingjoe · 2026-03-13T14:33:42Z

@copilot apply changes based on the comments in this thread

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Copilot · 2026-03-13T14:36:42Z

@copilot apply changes based on the comments in this thread

Done in 1ffeab3. Both review comments are addressed:

digest_response() now raises ValueError immediately when a *-sess algorithm is requested without a cnonce, before any hashing occurs.
Added four new tests in TestDigestResponse: SHA-256-sess and MD5-sess change the result when cnonce changes, missing cnonce for a -sess algorithm raises ValueError, and an unsupported algorithm string raises ValueError.

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