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, `ast_loggrabber` executes a `Python script` from the world-writable `/tmp` directory. An attacker already authorized to open a shell session on the Asterisk server may place a malicious script there and gain elevated privileges or execute code when an administrator runs `ast_loggrabber` as a user with elevated privileges. 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: 2026-10-27
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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History

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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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, `ast_loggrabber` executes a `Python script` from the world-writable `/tmp` directory. An attacker already authorized to open a shell session on the Asterisk server may place a malicious script there and gain elevated privileges or execute code when an administrator runs `ast_loggrabber` as a user with elevated privileges. 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.
Title Asterisk: Local privilege escalation through ast_loggrabber's world-writable helper location
Weaknesses CWE-426
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N'}


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Asterisk Asterisk Certified Asterisk
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-29T18:22:00.568Z

Reserved: 2026-06-24T02:00:46.801Z

Link: CVE-2026-57203

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-29T18:21:53.593Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-27T22:17:27.890

Modified: 2026-10-29T19:17:23.623

Link: CVE-2026-57203

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-28T00:00:22Z

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