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.
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.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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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
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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
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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 |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166746/Asterisk-Project-Security-Advisory-AST-2022-003.html | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2022-003.html | Vendor Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00021.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5285 | Third Party Advisory |