CVE-2025-47780

moderate-risk
Published 2025-05-22

Asterisk is an open-source private branch exchange (PBX). Prior to versions 18.26.2, 20.14.1, 21.9.1, and 22.4.1 of Asterisk and versions 18.9-cert14 and 20.7-cert5 of certified-asterisk, trying to disallow shell commands to be run via the Asterisk command line interface (CLI) by configuring `cli_permissions.conf` (e.g. with the config line `deny=!*`) does not work which could lead to a security risk. If an administrator running an Asterisk instance relies on the `cli_permissions.conf` file to work and expects it to deny all attempts to execute shell commands, then this could lead to a security vulnerability. Versions 18.26.2, 20.14.1, 21.9.1, and 22.4.1 of Asterisk and versions 18.9-cert14 and 20.7-cert5 of certified-asterisk fix the issue.

Do I need to act?

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0.58% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk
Certified Asterisk

Affected Vendors

47
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 21/34 · High