Resource exhaustion in Digium Asterisk

CVE-2022-26498

An issue was discovered in Asterisk through 19.x. When using STIR/SHAKEN, it is possible to download files that are not certificates. These files could be much larger than what one would expect to download, leading to Resource Exhaustion. This is fixed in 16.25.2, 18.11.2, and 19.3.2.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.167 (96.9th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-26498: held from 0.164 to 0.167.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.164 · newest: 0.167 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-26498?
CVE-2022-26498 is a high-severity vulnerability in Digium Asterisk, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-26498?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.