Low severity · published Oct 27, 2026
CVE-2026-57199
Asterisk: Asterisk app_sms.c copies externally controlled SMS lengths into fixed in-struct buffers
New
2.3
CVSS
–
EPSS
No
On KEV
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, `app_sms.c` copies externally controlled `SMS` lengths into `fixed in-struct buffers` without sufficient bounds checks, allowing an attacker to corrupt memory or crash Asterisk. The administrator must explicitly use the `SMS` dialplan application, which is useful when routing calls to or from `analog devices`, and must not have ensured that data passed to the application is valid. 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.
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-2026-57199
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-57199
github.com
https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/15c66022dc441ec63d7bd5f53cf7f35db72964be
github.com
https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/38a2059eb77a91a6b6e76eeba5875c2b96027368
github.com
https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/59b74276f24ba104d859f3f05897c9b8d835a28a
github.com
https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/60f4ef3deac6b9af30519b46c13f103264038b82
github.com
https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/661d6a2fc5cc7744ab9d849ed3c73ae5066386df
github.com
https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/7048a3841df99e090b9d87246600373581629c98
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