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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-57200 EUVD-2026-111394

Asterisk: ARI REST-over-WebSocket read-only bypass allows arbitrary module path load and conditional RCE

Published Oct 27, 2026 · Updated Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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 22.8-cert3, an authenticated attacker with read-only permissions for the `Asterisk REST Interface (ARI)` may, under certain conditions, execute write operations through `REST-over-WebSocket`. The authorization bypass permits `arbitrary module path` loading and conditional remote code execution. 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 22.8-cert3.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
asterisk asterisk < 20.20.1, >= 21.0.0-pre1, < 21.12.3, >= 22.0.0-pre1, < 22.10.1, >= 23.0.0-pre1, < 23.4.1 —
certified-asterisk certified-asterisk >= 22.8-cert1-pre1, < 22.8-cert3 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 asterisk 1:22.10.1+dfsg+~cs6.17.60671434-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 asterisk No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS asterisk No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS asterisk No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS asterisk No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS asterisk No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS asterisk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS asterisk No fix yet —

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