GHSA-q9fr-m7g8-6ph5: Asterisk: Asterisk app_sms.c copies externally controlled SMS lengths into fixed in-struct buffers

Published Oct 27, 2026
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Updated

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, appsms.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.

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Asterisk to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 20.20.1

Event History

Oct 27, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·09:52 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·09:52 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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