THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-26712
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2021-26712

Asterisk vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.6%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Incorrect access controls in res_srtp.c in Sangoma Asterisk 13.38.1, 16.16.0, 17.9.1, and 18.2.0 and Certified Asterisk 16.8-cert5 allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to prematurely terminate secure calls by replaying SRTP packets.
Affected vendor
Digium
Affected product
Asterisk
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2021-02-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-26712

  • Confirm whether Digium Asterisk is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-26712.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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