CVE-2025-47780CWE-78

cli_permissions.conf: deny option does not work for disallowing shell commands

Medium · published May 22, 2025

CVSS v4.0
4.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Asterisk is an open-source private branch exchange (PBX). Prior to versions 18.26.2, 20.14.1, 21.9.1, and 22.4.1 of Asterisk and versions 18.9-cert14 and 20.7-cert5 of certified-asterisk, trying to disallow shell commands to be run via the Asterisk command line interface (CLI) by configuring `cli_permissions.conf` (e.g. with the config line `deny=!*`) does not work which could lead to a security risk. If an administrator running an Asterisk instance relies on the `cli_permissions.conf` file to work and expects it to deny all attempts to execute shell commands, then this could lead to a security vulnerability. Versions 18.26.2, 20.14.1, 21.9.1, and 22.4.1 of Asterisk and versions 18.9-cert14 and 20.7-cert5 of certified-asterisk fix the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
4.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00276 · 19.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Published
2025-05-22T16:56Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 MAY 16:56Z
    cli_permissions.conf: deny option does not work for disallowing shell commands
    cvelistv5