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CVE-2026-57194: Asterisk: chan_unistim DIALPAGE digit handling can overflow phone_number and crash Asterisk

MediumCVSS 5.9 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 23/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.44% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • Fixed version: asterisk (Debian:14) 1:22.10.1+dfsg+~cs6.17.60671434-1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to asterisk (Debian:14) 1:22.10.1+dfsg+~cs6.17.60671434-1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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 out-of-bounds write in `chan_unistim` `DIALPAGE` digit handling can overflow the `phone_number` field and crash Asterisk when an attacker sends a carefully crafted incoming request packet. The `chan_unistim` module must be loaded and configured with a valid `UNISTIM UDP port` that the attacker can reach. The attacker must register as a configured `phone MAC`, or the deployment must have an equivalent `production/autoprovisioning` path that allows the client to reach the main page. 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.

Published
Oct 27, 2026
Updated
Nov 2, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 38th percentile

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Action score

23

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
23 / 40 · 5.9 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · GitHub_M
5.9
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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • asterisk asterisk

    • < 20.20.1, >= 21.0.0-pre1, < 21.12.3, >= 22.0.0-pre1, < 22.10.1, >= 23.0.0-pre1, < 23.4.1affected

  • asterisk certified-asterisk

    • < 20.7-cert11, >= 22.8-cert1-pre1, < 22.8-cert3affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:14asteriskbefore 1:22.10.1+dfsg+~cs6.17.60671434-11:22.10.1+dfsg+~cs6.17.60671434-1

Same product

asterisk: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2007-2488The IAX2 channel driver (chan_iax2) in Asterisk before 20070504 does not properly null terminate data, which allows remote attackers to…
    41Plan
  • CVE-2024-42365Asterisk allows `Write=originate` as sufficient permissions for code execution / `System()` dialplan
    40Plan
  • CVE-2008-3263The IAX2 protocol implementation in Asterisk Open Source 1.0.x, 1.2.x before 1.2.30, and 1.4.x before 1.4.21.2; Business Edition A.x.x, B.x.
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-57185Oct 27, 2026 · Asterisk: Buffer over-read in Asterisk PJSIP MWI body parser
    26Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-57189Oct 27, 2026 · Asterisk: Possible RED T.140 Generation Accumulation OOB Write
    9Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-57197Oct 27, 2026 · Asterisk: Heap Buffer Overflow in OGG/Speex File Playback (format_ogg_speex)
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:asterisk1:22.10.1+dfsg+~cs6.17.60671434-1 · Debian:14Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. Fix recordedsame day
  3. TodayNov 13, 2026+17 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-572010 days apartAsterisk: Stack Buffer Overflow in H.323 ooTrace() via Unbounded vsprintf into Fixed 2048-byte Buffer
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2026-571880 days apartAsterisk: Stack buffer overflow in res_xmpp XMPP namespace prefix handling
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2026-571890 days apartAsterisk: Possible RED T.140 Generation Accumulation OOB Write
    9Monitor
  • CVE-2026-571990 days apartAsterisk: Asterisk app_sms.c copies externally controlled SMS lengths into fixed in-struct buffers
    9Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: researcher credit · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

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Change log

  1. SSVC exploitation— → none
  2. Fix✗ → ✓
  3. Exploit maturity— → none

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References

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