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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 6, 2026· Updated Feb 6, 2026

ast_coredumper running as root sources ast_debug_tools.conf from /etc/asterisk; potentially leading to privilege escalation

CVE-2026-23741

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 asterisk/contrib/scripts/ast_coredumper runs as root, as noted by the NOTES tag on line 689 of the ast_coredumper file. The script will source the contents of /etc/asterisk/ast_debug_tools.conf, which resides in a folder that is writeable by the asterisk user:group. Due to the /etc/asterisk/ast_debug_tools.conf file following bash semantics and it being loaded; an attacker with write permissions may add or modify the file such that when the root ast_coredumper is run; it would source and thereby execute arbitrary bash code found in the /etc/asterisk/ast_debug_tools.conf. 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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  • Asterisk/Asteriskllm-fuzzy2 versions
    <20.7-cert9, <20.18.2, <21.12.1, <22.8.2, <23.2.2+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: <20.7-cert9, <20.18.2, <21.12.1, <22.8.2, <23.2.2
    • (no CPE)range: < 23.2.2

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