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 attacker may cause a stack buffer overflow in `res_xmpp` `XMPP namespace prefix` handling using carefully crafted packets. The `res_xmpp` module must be loaded, an XMPP connection must be configured in `xmpp.conf`, and the attacker must have an XMPP account on the same or a federated server. 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.
Metrics
CVSS 4.0 7.1/10
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XWeakness enumeration
Affected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
References
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/12072a559f592736a44dd9fbe1594e84714edfb4
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/1328dbb503da4aa11a480a9c28e170f17e5f4e84
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/3c4b08cf94eeaa3faefb3ae6c2d6ce1bd9747a13
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/433102c16b8edfc31d28c96166fef03fe72fb923
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/5e626250628b2579530f3f17e7b0aa37d082873b
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/d570a85e45153a36919ace5d0ab06a195b30f9d1
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/e329a6803ac5214028f98cc5f0b7167d66e32c08
- 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/security/advisories/GHSA-mxgm-8c6f-5p8f
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/tree/24.0.0-pre1
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 27, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 30, 2026
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis