Low severity · published Oct 27, 2026
CVE-2026-57189
Asterisk: Possible RED T.140 Generation Accumulation OOB Write
New
2.3
CVSS
–
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. In affected deployments, an authenticated attacker may cause a `T.140 RED` out-of-bounds write during `generation accumulation` using carefully crafted packets, potentially allowing remote code execution or causing Asterisk to crash. The `chan_sip` channel driver must be installed and configured, and its `textsupport` option must be enabled; `textsupport` defaults to no. `The chan_sip driver was deprecated in Asterisk 20 and completely removed in all later versions.` Repository comparisons verify patch containment in Asterisk 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.10.1 and 23.4.1, and Certified Asterisk 20.7-cert11 and 22.8-cert3. The affected release-track scope remains unresolved: structured metadata includes later release tracks even though the advisory says the required `chan_sip` driver was removed there.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
asterisk · asterisk
< 20.20.1; >= 21.0.0-pre1, < 21.12.3; >= 22.0.0-pre1, < 22.10.1; >= 23.0.0-pre1, < 23.4.1 · source: vendor
CE
certified-asterisk · asterisk
< 20.7-cert11; >= 22.8-cert1-pre1, < 22.8-cert3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57189
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-57189
github.com
https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/0601c33d4edf8c8f221de91cead59460fb1e7180
github.com
https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/111487298a954a029daae941eac423f0609b1261
github.com
https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/536218a86b797996e8e8844deacc8207de373701
github.com
https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/a89b61d7c756f816c7fa5327ead9e889f1531202
github.com
https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/eaa108c68a32c080d7a168ef1d8bf784d5d830f4
github.com
https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/eef894282be203cb9e6d8e9692e9c360a0b569b4
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