CVE-2026-57188
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.1 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds write
- Record status
- Undergoing Analysis
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 7.1
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
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:X
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2026-57188.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2026-57188. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- 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
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