A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the safe_asterisk script included with the Asterisk toolkit package. When Asterisk is started via this script (common in SysV init or FreePBX environments), it sources all .sh files located in /etc/asterisk/startup.d/ as root, without validating ownership or permissions.
Non-root users with legitimate write access to /etc/asterisk can exploit this behaviour by placing malicious scripts in the startup.d directory, which will then execute with root privileges upon service restart.
                
            References
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| https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-v9q8-9j8m-5xwp | Exploit Vendor Advisory | 
Configurations
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History
                    08 Oct 2025, 20:35
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| References | () https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-v9q8-9j8m-5xwp - Exploit, Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert14:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert7:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert8-rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert1-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert15:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert8-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert13:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert8:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert1-rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert11:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert10:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert1-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert9:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert12:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:20.7:cert4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:certified_asterisk:18.9:cert1:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CVSS | v2 : v3 : | v2 : unknown v3 : 7.8 | 
| First Time | Sangoma asterisk Sangoma Sangoma certified Asterisk | 
23 Sep 2025, 05:15
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| New CVE | 
Information
                Published : 2025-09-23 05:15
Updated : 2025-10-08 20:35
NVD link : CVE-2025-1131
Mitre link : CVE-2025-1131
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-1131
JSON object : View
Products Affected
                sangoma
- certified_asterisk
- asterisk
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-427
                        
            Uncontrolled Search Path Element
