{"id":"CVE-2023-49294","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-49294","generatedAt":"2026-11-04T22:34:31.090Z","title":"In Asterisk prior to versions 18.20.1, 20.5.1, and 21.0.1, as well as certified-asterisk prior to 18.9-cert6, it is possible to read any arbitrary file even when the `live_dangerously` is not enabled.","description":"Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. In Asterisk prior to versions 18.20.1, 20.5.1, and 21.0.1, as well as certified-asterisk prior to 18.9-cert6, it is possible to read any arbitrary file even when the `live_dangerously` is not enabled. This allows arbitrary files to be read. Asterisk versions 18.20.1, 20.5.1, and 21.0.1, as well as certified-asterisk prior to 18.9-cert6, contain a fix for this issue.","published":"2023-12-14T20:15:53.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:35:47.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["digium/asterisk","sangoma/certified asterisk"],"epss":{"score":0.45293,"percentile":0.98789,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 45.3%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/blob/master/main/manager.c#L3757","tags":["Product"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/424be345639d75c6cb7d0bd2da5f0f407dbd0bd5","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-8857-hfmw-vg8f","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00019.html","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/blob/master/main/manager.c#L3757","tags":["Product"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/424be345639d75c6cb7d0bd2da5f0f407dbd0bd5","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-8857-hfmw-vg8f","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00019.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49294","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}