Asterisk: Stack buffer overflow in MWI NOTIFY Message-Account parsing
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, an unbounded `sscanf` in `res_pjsip_pubsub` when parsing the `MWI NOTIFY` `Message-Account` field may allow an unauthenticated attacker to send a carefully crafted packet that causes a stack buffer overflow and corrupts the underlying transport, permanently disabling all SIP functionality. An Asterisk restart is required to restore full operation. 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.
- Products
- asterisk, certified-asterisk
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-57191
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 16:31 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Asterisk: Stack buffer overflow in MWI NOTIFY Message-Account parsing
core-cve · Original sourcePublished 27 Oct 2026, 21:32 UTC
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, an unbounded `sscanf` in `res_pjsip_pubsub` when parsing the `MWI NOTIFY` `Message-Account` field may allow an unauthenticated attacker to send a carefully crafted packet that causes a stack buffer overflow and corrupts the underlying transport, permanently disabling all SIP functionality. An Asterisk restart is required to restore full operation. 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.
cve:CVE-2026-57191
asterisk
Fixed versions: Not specified
certified-asterisk
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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