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Asterisk: Stack buffer overflow in MWI NOTIFY Message-Account parsing

Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List

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 source

Published 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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