asterisk — security advisory
An issue was discovered in res_pjsip_session.c in Digium Asterisk through 13.38.1; 14.x, 15.x, and 16.x through 16.16.0; 17.x through 17.9.1; and 18.x through 18.2.0, and Certified Asterisk through 16.8-cert5. An SDP negotiation vulnerability in PJSIP allows a remote server to potentially crash Asterisk by sending specific SIP responses that cause an SDP negotiation failure.
- Products
- asterisk
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 16.16.1-r0, 18.2.1-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-26906
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in res_pjsip_session.c in Digium Asterisk through 13.38.1; 14.x, 15.x, and 16.x through 16.16.0; 17.x through 17.9.1; and 18.x through 18.2.0, and Certified Asterisk through 16.8-cert5. An SDP negotiation vulnerability in PJSIP allows a remote server to potentially crash Asterisk by sending specific SIP responses that cause an SDP negotiation failure.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2021-26906
asterisk
Fixed versions: 16.16.1-r0
asterisk
Fixed versions: 18.2.1-r0
asterisk
Fixed versions: 18.2.1-r0
asterisk
Fixed versions: 18.2.1-r0
asterisk
Fixed versions: 18.2.1-r0
asterisk
Fixed versions: 18.2.1-r0
asterisk
Fixed versions: 18.2.1-r0
asterisk
Fixed versions: 18.2.1-r0
asterisk
Fixed versions: 18.2.1-r0
asterisk
Fixed versions: 18.2.1-r0
asterisk
Fixed versions: 18.2.1-r0
asterisk
Fixed versions: 18.2.1-r0
asterisk
Fixed versions: 18.2.1-r0
Complete source record
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