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 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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| asterisk | certified-asterisk | < 20.7-cert11, >= 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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | asterisk | 1:22.10.1+dfsg+~cs6.17.60671434-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | asterisk | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | asterisk | No fix yet | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-2094 Digium Certified Asterisk: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 4, 2026
References
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-vrfp-mg3q-3959
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/8f8ccaf70a80e518147b0c35c0c252de4735446f
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/92a5dd1003b737ae1cd2df4e60b73beb8d5e42bb
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/ba04e7f1f98887c3c6e0dc4ddce663021f7e948a
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/bf9354267557ef6d6b75f5304faa243f595a5a66
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/caa4d50d9c3bf04fc979b5b2cdc5dc425772d845
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/d47b0b6e5a384746db194f751b53d559aba8dba9
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/d8614505b27688dec3a1d14554f52fda94712928
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/20.20.1
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/21.12.3
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/22.10.1
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/23.4.1
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/certified-20.7-cert11
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/certified-22.8-cert3
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/tree/24.0.0-pre1