CVE-2022-26651

An issue was discovered in Asterisk through 19.x and Certified Asterisk through 16.8-cert13. The func_odbc module provides possibly inadequate escaping functionality for backslash characters in SQL queries, resulting in user-provided data creating a broken SQL query or possibly a SQL injection. This is fixed in 16.25.2, 18.11.2, and 19.3.2, and 16.8-cert14.

Published: 2022-04-15 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-26651 is rated High Risk (76.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.54%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +5.79% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-26651

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.76% 6.54% +5.79%
2 2026-06-01 0.56% 0.76% +0.20%
3 2026-04-26 0.56%

Full EPSS history (30 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-26651

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-26651

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-26651

vendor priority summary link
alpine critical CVE-2022-26651: 1 source package rows (asterisk); 52 state rows across 8 repos (3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 7, open 45. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-26651
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-26651 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (asterisk), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bullseye, sid): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-26651
gentoo high CVE-2022-26651: 1 GLSA(s) (202412-03), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/asterisk); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-26651
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-26651 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (asterisk), 14 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 7, needs-triage 6, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-26651

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-26651

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
digium asterisk >= 16.0.0, < 16.25.2 cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium asterisk >= 18.0, < 18.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium asterisk >= 19.0.0, < 19.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert1-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert1-rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert1-rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert1-rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert10:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert11:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert12:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert13:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert2:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert3:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert4:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert4-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert4-rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert4-rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert4-rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert5:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert6:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert7:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert8:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 16.8 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:16.8:cert9:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-26651

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