CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-23741
Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. Prior to versions 20.7-cert9, 20.18.2, 21.12.1, 22.8.2, and 23.2.2, the asterisk/contrib/scripts/ast_coredumper runs as root, as noted by the NOTES tag on line 689 of the ast_coredumper file. The script will source the contents of /etc/asterisk/ast_debug_tools.conf, which resides in a folder that is writeable by the asterisk user:group. Due to the /etc/asterisk/ast_debug_tools.conf file following bash semantics and it bein
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"asterisk","vendor":"asterisk","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 23.2.2"},{"status":"affected","version":"< 22.8.2"},{"status":"affected","version":"< 21.12.1"},{"status":"affected","version":"< 20.18.2"},{"status":"affected","version":"< 20.7-cert9"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:203648adcb2d44173caf316e171a541cfb8df1fd4f14d5b234cb242c7b664e0d · sha256:165df11b60f4cd1d… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":0,"baseSeverity":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:203648adcb2d44173caf316e171a541cfb8df1fd4f14d5b234cb242c7b664e0d · sha256:165df11b60f4cd1d… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-427","description":"CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:203648adcb2d44173caf316e171a541cfb8df1fd4f14d5b234cb242c7b664e0d · sha256:165df11b60f4cd1d… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"name":"https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-rvch-3jmx-3jf3","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-rvch-3jmx-3jf3"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:203648adcb2d44173caf316e171a541cfb8df1fd4f14d5b234cb242c7b664e0d · sha256:165df11b60f4cd1d… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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