CVE-2025-57767

Asterisk can crash from a specifically malformed Authorization header in an incoming SIP request

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 28, 2025 at 03:33 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:43 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsAsteriskAsterisk

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. Prior to versions 20.15.2, 21.10.2, and 22.5.2, if a SIP request is received with an Authorization header that contains a realm that wasn't in a previous 401 response's WWW-Authenticate header, or an Authorization header with an incorrect realm was received without a previous 401 response being sent, the get_authorization_header() function in res_pjsip_authenticator_digest will return a NULL. This wasn't being checked before attempting to get the digest algorithm from the header which causes a SEGV. This issue has been patched in versions 20.15.2, 21.10.2, and 22.5.2. There are no workarounds.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 20.15.221.0.0 ≤ v < 21.10.222.0.0 ≤ v < 22.5.2
v < 20.15.2v < 21.10.2v < 22.5.2
Affected range stops below 20.15.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 21.10.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 22.5.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.5HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-253

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