CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-57202

HighCVSS 8.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.44%

38th percentile - higher than 38% of all known CVEs

Summary

Prior to Asterisk 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.10.1, 23.4.1 and Certified Asterisk 20.7-cert11, 22.8-cert3, an authenticated Asterisk REST Interface (ARI) attacker with read-only privileges may use setChannelVar to execute write dialplan functions, including FILE() writes, even when live_dangerously in asterisk.conf is set to no. The Asterisk HTTP web server must be enabled and reachable, and the attacker must already have valid read-only ARI credentials; HTTP is disabled by default and binds only to 127.0.0.1 by default even when enabled.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with limited ARI privileges can bypass safeguards and write files on the server, potentially leading to configuration modification or code execution.

Recommendation

Update Asterisk to version 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.10.1, 23.4.1 or the corresponding Certified version and restrict access to the HTTP interface and ARI credentials.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. Prior to Asterisk 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.10.1, 23.4.1 and Certified Asterisk 20.7-cert11, 22.8-cert3, an authenticated Asterisk REST Interface (ARI) attacker with read-only privileges may use `setChannelVar` to execute write dialplan functions, including `FILE()` writes, even when `live_dangerously` in `asterisk.conf` is set to no. The Asterisk HTTP web server must be enabled and reachable, and the attacker must already have valid `read-only ARI credentials`. HTTP is disabled by default and binds only to 127.0.0.1 by default even when enabled. This issue is fixed in Asterisk 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.10.1, 23.4.1 and Certified Asterisk 20.7-cert11, 22.8-cert3.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS