Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-18610 · published 22 November 2019
CVE-2019-18610: Digium asterisk missing authorization vulnerability
Digium · Asterisk
An issue was discovered in manager.c in Sangoma Asterisk through 13.x, 16.x, 17.x and Certified Asterisk 13.21 through 13.21-cert4. A remote authenticated Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI) user without system authorization could use a specially crafted Originate AMI request to execute arbitrary system commands.
Description
An issue was discovered in manager.c in Sangoma Asterisk through 13.x, 16.x, 17.x and Certified Asterisk 13.21 through 13.21-cert4. A remote authenticated Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI) user without system authorization could use a specially crafted Originate AMI request to execute arbitrary system commands.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2019-007.html | PatchVendor Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00038.html | Mailing ListThird Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00001.html | Mailing ListThird Party Advisory |
| https://www.asterisk.org/downloads/security-advisories | Vendor Advisory |
| http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2019-007.html | PatchVendor Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00038.html | Mailing ListThird Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00001.html | Mailing ListThird Party Advisory |
| https://www.asterisk.org/downloads/security-advisories | Vendor Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-18610), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.