CVE-2026-23741
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:N
Summary
Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. Prior to versions 20.7-cert9, 20.18.2, 21.12.1, 22.8.2, and 23.2.2, the asterisk/contrib/scripts/ast_coredumper runs as root, as noted by the NOTES tag on line 689 of the ast_coredumper file. The script will source the contents of /etc/asterisk/ast_debug_tools.conf, which resides in a folder that is writeable by the asterisk user:group. Due to the /etc/asterisk/ast_debug_tools.conf file following bash semantics and it being loaded; an attacker with write permissions may add or modify the file such that when the root ast_coredumper is run; it would source and thereby execute arbitrary bash code found in the /etc/asterisk/ast_debug_tools.conf. This issue has been patched in versions 20.7-cert9, 20.18.2, 21.12.1, 22.8.2, and 23.2.2.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| asterisk | asterisk | < 23.2.2 | affected |
| asterisk | asterisk | < 22.8.2 | affected |
| asterisk | asterisk | < 21.12.1 | affected |
| asterisk | asterisk | < 20.18.2 | affected |
| asterisk | asterisk | < 20.7-cert9 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-427: CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
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