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 being loaded; an attacker with write permissions may add or modify the file such that when the root ast_coredumper is run; it would source and thereby execute arbitrary bash code found in the /etc/asterisk/ast_debug_tools.conf. This issue has been patched in versions 20.7-cert9, 20.18.2, 21.12.1, 22.8.2, and 23.2.2.

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Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Sangoma
Sangoma asterisk
Sangoma certified Asterisk
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert1-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert1-rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert8:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Sangoma
Sangoma asterisk
Sangoma certified Asterisk

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Asterisk
Asterisk asterisk
Vendors & Products Asterisk
Asterisk asterisk

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description 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 being loaded; an attacker with write permissions may add or modify the file such that when the root ast_coredumper is run; it would source and thereby execute arbitrary bash code found in the /etc/asterisk/ast_debug_tools.conf. This issue has been patched in versions 20.7-cert9, 20.18.2, 21.12.1, 22.8.2, and 23.2.2.
Title ast_coredumper running as root sources ast_debug_tools.conf from /etc/asterisk; potentially leading to privilege escalation
Weaknesses CWE-427
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-06T17:26:22.216Z

Reserved: 2026-01-15T15:45:01.958Z

Link: CVE-2026-23741

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-06T17:24:08.164Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-02-06T17:16:26.427

Modified: 2026-02-18T18:42:31.550

Link: CVE-2026-23741

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-09T10:50:30Z

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