HighCVE-2026-57202

    Asterisk: ARI setChannelVar bypasses live_dangerously and permits FILE() writes (CVE-2026-57202)

    Published Last modified Sources: BSI, CVE.org

    What is affected, what to do

    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.

    Update Asterisk to version 20.20.1, Asterisk Certified-asterisk to version 20.7-cert11.

    Affected
    • Asterisk gte 21.0.0-pre1, < 21.12.3..*
    • Asterisk lt *..20.20.1
    • Asterisk Certified-asterisk gte 22.8-cert1-pre1, < 22.8-cert3..*
    • Asterisk Certified-asterisk lt *..20.7-cert11
    Fixed in
    • Asterisk 20.20.1
    • Asterisk Certified-asterisk 20.7-cert11

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    Metrics

    8.1

    Priority

    XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.

    Source: Vendor (CNA), CVSS v3

    8.1

    CVSS v3

    Severity High on the scale from 0 to 10.

    Source: BSI, CVE.org

    0.4 %

    EPSS score

    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.

    Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 38.1

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    Severity
    High
    Priority (0–325)

    The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?

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    82.13 Methodology
    Exploit maturity

    An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.

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    no public PoC known
    XIEM Effective CVSS

    XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.

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    8.1 Methodology
    CVSS v3

    CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.

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    8.1
    EPSS score

    The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.

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    0.4 %
    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
    EPSS percentile

    The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.

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    38.1
    High — this CVE ranks above the median of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 36%).
    KEV status

    The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.

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    Published
    CISA assessment (SSVC)
    Exploitation: none known · not automatable · Technical impact: total
    Source: CISA Vulnrichment, as of 28 October 2026
    CWE

    CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.

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    CWE-267, CWE-1220

    Detection rules

    No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.

    Classification under NIS2 and CRA

    Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.

    NIS2

    NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.

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    High technical severity: assess and remediate the vulnerability in vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2 and document the decision.
    CRA

    The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.

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    From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
    ISO/IEC 27001

    ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.

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    Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.

    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.

    Source: BSI WID Portal, BSI CSAF, cvelistv5, NVD (NIST), CVE.org (MITRE)

    Affected products

    The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

    Affected products
    Affected versionsFixed in
    asteriskasterisk
    • ≥ 21.0.0-pre1, < 21.12.3
    • < 20.20.1
    • —
    • 20.20.1
    asteriskcertified-asterisk
    • < 20.7-cert11
    • ≥ 22.8-cert1-pre1, < 22.8-cert3
    • 20.7-cert11
    • —

    Vendors and products

    Weakness classes (CWE)

    • CWE-267Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions

      Base

      A particular privilege, role, capability, or right can be used to perform unsafe actions that were not intended, even when it is assigned to the correct entity.

      Entry at MITRE CWE-267

    • CWE-1220Insufficient Granularity of Access Control

      Base

      The product implements access controls via a policy or other feature with the intention to disable or restrict accesses (reads and/or writes) to assets in a system from untrusted agents. However, implemented access controls lack required granularity, which renders the control policy too broad because it allows accesses from unauthorized agents to the security-sensitive assets.

      Entry at MITRE CWE-1220

    References & sources

    • github.comasterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-vrfp-mg3q-3959x_refsource_CONFIRM
    • github.comasterisk/asterisk/commit/8f8ccaf70a80e518147b0c35c0c252de473544…x_refsource_MISC
    • github.comasterisk/asterisk/commit/92a5dd1003b737ae1cd2df4e60b73beb8d5e42…x_refsource_MISC
    • github.comasterisk/asterisk/commit/ba04e7f1f98887c3c6e0dc4ddce663021f7e94…x_refsource_MISC
    • github.comasterisk/asterisk/commit/bf9354267557ef6d6b75f5304faa243f595a5a…x_refsource_MISC
    • github.comasterisk/asterisk/commit/caa4d50d9c3bf04fc979b5b2cdc5dc425772d8…x_refsource_MISC
    • github.comasterisk/asterisk/commit/d47b0b6e5a384746db194f751b53d559aba8db…x_refsource_MISC
    • github.comasterisk/asterisk/commit/d8614505b27688dec3a1d14554f52fda947129…x_refsource_MISC
    • github.comasterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/20.20.1x_refsource_MISC
    • github.comasterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/21.12.3x_refsource_MISC
    • github.comasterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/22.10.1x_refsource_MISC
    • github.comasterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/23.4.1x_refsource_MISC
    • github.comasterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/certified-20.7-cert11x_refsource_MISC
    • github.comasterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/certified-22.8-cert3x_refsource_MISC
    • github.comasterisk/asterisk/tree/24.0.0-pre1x_refsource_MISC

    Changes to this CVE

    Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).

    1. Record modifiedCISA ADP

      CISA assessment (SSVC): exploitation: none known, automatable: no

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      TypeActionBeforeAfter
      SSVC assessmentadded
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      {"id":"CVE-2026-57202","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"no"},{"technicalImpact":"total"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2026-10-28T14:58:17.687111Z"}

      Source identifier: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    2. ReceivedGitHub

      CVSS V3.1: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

      Weakness type: CWE-267, CWE-1220

      Description added or changed

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      TypeActionBeforeAfter
      Descriptionadded
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      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.
      CVSSadded
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      AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
      Weakness type (CWE)added
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      CWE-267
      Weakness type (CWE)added
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      CWE-1220
      Affected versions (publisher)added
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      New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/57xxx/CVE-2026-57202.json">CVE-2026-57202</a>
      Referenceadded
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      https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/8f8ccaf70a80e518147b0c35c0c252de4735446f
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      https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/92a5dd1003b737ae1cd2df4e60b73beb8d5e42bb
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      https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/ba04e7f1f98887c3c6e0dc4ddce663021f7e948a
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      https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/bf9354267557ef6d6b75f5304faa243f595a5a66
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      https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/caa4d50d9c3bf04fc979b5b2cdc5dc425772d845
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      https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/d47b0b6e5a384746db194f751b53d559aba8dba9
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      https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/d8614505b27688dec3a1d14554f52fda94712928
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      https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/20.20.1
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      https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/21.12.3
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      https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/22.10.1
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      https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/23.4.1
      Referenceadded
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      https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/certified-20.7-cert11
      Referenceadded
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      https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/certified-22.8-cert3
      Referenceadded
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      https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-vrfp-mg3q-3959
      Referenceadded
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      https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/tree/24.0.0-pre1

      Source identifier: security-advisories@github.com

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