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Low severity2.0NVD Advisory· Published Feb 6, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2026-23739

CVE-2026-23739

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 ast_xml_open() function in xml.c parses XML documents using libxml with unsafe parsing options that enable entity expansion and XInclude processing. Specifically, it invokes xmlReadFile() with the XML_PARSE_NOENT flag and later processes XIncludes via xmlXIncludeProcess().If any untrusted or user-supplied XML file is passed to this function, it can allow an attacker to trigger XML External Entity (XXE) or XInclude-based local file disclosure, potentially exposing sensitive files from the host system. This can also be triggered in other cases in which the user is able to supply input in xml format that triggers the asterisk process to parse it. 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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Affected products

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  • Freepbx/Asterisk
    cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <20.18.2
  • Freepbx/Certified Asterisk11 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=18.9
    • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Asterisk/Asteriskllm-fuzzy2 versions
    up to 20.7-cert9, 20.18.2, 21.12.1, 22.8.2, and 23.2.2+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: up to 20.7-cert9, 20.18.2, 21.12.1, 22.8.2, and 23.2.2
    • (no CPE)range: < 23.2.2

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