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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2026-57202 json

Asterisk: ARI setChannelVar bypasses live_dangerously and permits FILE() writes

published 2026-10-27 12 d ago modified 2026-10-28 11 d ago also EUVD-2026-111345

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • digium certified_asterisk 20.7-cert11, 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.8-cert3, 22.10.1, 23.4.1
  • sangoma certified_asterisk 20.7-cert11, 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.8-cert3, 22.10.1, 23.4.1
  • digium asterisk 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.10.1, 23.4.1
  • asterisk open_source 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.10.1, 23.4.1
  • asterisk certified_asterisk 20.7-cert11, 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.8-cert3, 22.10.1, 23.4.1
  • asterisk Debian 14 1:22.10.1+dfsg+~cs6.17.60671434-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-57202

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-2026-57202 updated cvss 8.1

asterisk: Asterisk: Privilege escalation via setChannelVar in Asterisk REST Interface

  • 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
total
Assessed
11 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • asterisk asterisk
  • asterisk certified-asterisk

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-267 Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
  • CWE-1220 Insufficient Granularity of Access Control

References

Sources

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