CVE-2026-57185: Asterisk: Buffer over-read in Asterisk PJSIP MWI body parser

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-10-27 · updated 2026-10-30
Weakness: CWE-126

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 crash Asterisk through a buffer over-read in the `PJSIP MWI body parser` by sending a carefully crafted `SIP NOTIFY` request. The attacker must pass SIP authentication using either a username/password or `source IP address matching`. 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.

Affected products

asterisk: before 20.20.1; from 21.0.0-pre1, < 21.12.3; from 22.0.0-pre1, < 22.10.1; from 23.0.0-pre1, < 23.4.1
asterisk certified-asterisk: before 20.7-cert11; from 22.8-cert1-pre1, < 22.8-cert3

References

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