CVE-2025-1131A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the safe_asterisk script included with the Asterisk toolkit package.
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A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the safe_asterisk script included with the Asterisk toolkit package. When Asterisk is started via this script (common in SysV init or FreePBX environments), it sources all .sh files located in /etc/asterisk/startup.d/ as root, without validating ownership or permissions. Non-root users with legitimate write access to /etc/asterisk can exploit this behaviour by placing malicious scripts in the startup.d directory, which will then execute with root privileges upon service restart.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-427
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 19, 2026
Affected products
sangoma asterisk sangoma:asterisk | before 18.26.3; from 20.0.0 before 20.15.1; from 21.0.0 before 21.10.1; from 22.0.0 before 22.5.1 | NVD |
sangoma certified_asterisk sangoma:certified_asterisk | 18.9; 18.9; 18.9; 18.9; 18.9; 18.9; 18.9; 18.9; and 18 more ranges | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-v9q8-9j8m-5xwpexploit, vendor-advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00006.html
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