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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.9

CVE-2022-42706 json

An issue was discovered in Sangoma Asterisk through 16.28, 17 and 18 through 18.14, 19 through 19.6, and certified through 18.9-cert1.

published 2022-12-05 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-45772

cvss
4.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Sangoma Asterisk through 16.28, 17 and 18 through 18.14, 19 through 19.6, and certified through 18.9-cert1. GetConfig, via Asterisk Manager Interface, allows a connected application to access files outside of the asterisk configuration directory, aka Directory Traversal.

Patch / fix

  • sangoma asterisk 16.29.1, 18.15.1, 19.7.1
  • sangoma certified_asterisk 18.9
  • asterisk Debian 14 1:20.0.1~dfsg+~cs6.12.40431414-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42706

  • asterisk Alpine 3.16 18.20.2-r0
  • asterisk Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +5 more 18.15.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-42706

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-42706 updated cvss 5.4

asterisk: GetConfig AMI Action can read files outside of Asterisk directory

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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