CVE-2026-57188
Asterisk: Stack buffer overflow in res_xmpp XMPP namespace prefix handling
- Published
- Updated
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- GitHub_M
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | High7.1 | 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 |
| NVDNVD · Undergoing Analysis | 4.0 | High7.1 | 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 |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.52% · top 55% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 20.20.1
- affected >= 21.0.0-pre1, < 21.12.3
- affected >= 22.0.0-pre1, < 22.10.1
- affected >= 23.0.0-pre1, < 23.4.1
- affected < 20.7-cert11
- affected >= 22.8-cert1-pre1, < 22.8-cert3
References (15)
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-mxgm-8c6f-5p8f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/12072a559f592736a44dd9fbe1594e84714edfb4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/1328dbb503da4aa11a480a9c28e170f17e5f4e84 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/3c4b08cf94eeaa3faefb3ae6c2d6ce1bd9747a13 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/433102c16b8edfc31d28c96166fef03fe72fb923 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/5e626250628b2579530f3f17e7b0aa37d082873b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/d570a85e45153a36919ace5d0ab06a195b30f9d1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/e329a6803ac5214028f98cc5f0b7167d66e32c08 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/20.20.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/21.12.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/22.10.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/23.4.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/certified-20.7-cert11 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/certified-22.8-cert3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/tree/24.0.0-pre1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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