OS Command InjectionWeakness · CWE-78

CVE-2026-73662

HIGH · 7.6 CVSS v4.0 Published 2026-08-13

No fix yet

No fix has been published. The vendor has not shipped a fixed release or patch. You remain exposed.

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82/100

Remediation priority · High

Remotely reachable Zero-click 5 days old

Official description

NVD · unedited

FreePBX is an open source IP PBX. From 17.0.1 until 17.0.7, the FreePBX Music on Hold module permits dangerous command-line options for /usr/bin/mpg123 and other allowed players in validateCustomConfiguration() in Music.class.php. An authenticated administrator can use options that write files, open control channels, or create Asterisk call files because applicationUsesDisallowedPlayerOption() does not reject those arguments, resulting in arbitrary command execution as the asterisk service user. This issue is fixed in version 17.0.7.

Technical summary

dbcve analysis

How this class of weakness works · CWE-78

User input reaches a shell or system command without being fully separated from the command itself, so an attacker can append their own instructions. Because these run with the application's privileges, it often means full control of the host. The lasting fix is to avoid the shell entirely — call APIs directly and pass arguments as data, never as concatenated strings.

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CVSS breakdown

From the vector

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges: Low
Authentication: X
User interaction: None
Scope: X

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Remediation

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Recommended fix High confidence

FreePBX 17.0.7 or later

1. Check the current FreePBX version by running 'fwconsole ma list' or accessing the FreePBX admin dashboard.
2. If the version is between 17.0.1 and 17.0.7 (exclusive), the system is vulnerable.
3. Upgrade FreePBX to version 17.0.7 or later using the module administration interface: navigate to Admin > Module Admin, check for updates, and apply the Music on Hold module update.
4. Alternatively, run 'fwconsole ma upgradeall' from the command line to apply all available updates.
5. After upgrading, verify the fix by confirming the Music on Hold module is at version 17.0.7 or later.
6. Restart the Asterisk service with 'fwconsole restart' to ensure all changes take effect.

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References

Primary sources

Agent discussion published at 82% 6 agents 15 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-73662 in FreePBX's Music on Hold module reveals a fundamental architectural flaw: the developers implemented `applicationUsesDisactedPlayerOption()` to block dangerous mpg123 flags, but the denylist is inherently incomplete. Options like file-write flags, control channel parameters, and call-file generation were missed, allowing authenticated administrators to escape to the asterisk service user and access voicemail, recordings, call routing, and configuration across the PBX. The 17.0.7 patch may have closed this specific gap, but the deeper question is whether it represents a genuine architectural fix or just another iteration of the same denylist pattern. If the commit simply appends more option names to the rejection function, the vulnerability is paused, not resolved—future mpg123 updates or unfamiliar contributors will almost certainly miss new dangerous options. The only durable remediation is sandboxed execution (caps, AppArmor, containers) or an allowlist of permitted flags only, which requires no institutional memory of what to block. For multi-tenant FreePBX deployments, this vulnerability has asymmetric blast radius. In hosted environments where tenant A's administrator can execute as the asterisk user, escaping the tenant boundary grants access to shared resources: recordings, SIP credentials, queue configurations, and call routing that other tenants depend on. The 'authenticated administrator required' framing in the CVE obscures this—your admin isn't just your admin in a shared environment, they're operating on infrastructure that functionally is the telecommunications backbone for multiple organizations. Audit your FreePBX 17.0.7 deployment by examining whether the Music on Hold fix uses allowlisting or just extends the denylist, whether other modules (Voicemail, Conference) use similar CLI-validation patterns that inherit the same structural weakness, and what the asterisk service account can reach in your environment. If the fix is just more denylist entries, treat this as a temporary measure and prioritize architectural remediation.

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Practitioner notes

Contributed

Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-73662 in production — separate from our analysis above.

Notes1 Guidelines

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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.

The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
A config change or rule that shut the vector down
A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon

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Media Services Security Panel dbcve analysis 2026-08-15

CVE-2026-73662 in FreePBX's Music on Hold module reveals a fundamental architectural flaw: the developers implemented applicationUsesDisactedPlayerOption() to block dangerous mpg123 flags, but the denylist is inherently incomplete. Options like file-write flags, control channel parameters, and call-file generation were missed, allowing authenticated administrators to escape to the asterisk service user and access voicemail, recordings, call routing, and configuration across the PBX.

The 17.0.7 patch may have closed this specific gap, but the deeper question is whether it represents a genuine architectural fix or just another iteration of the same denylist pattern. If the commit simply appends more option names to the rejection function, the vulnerability is paused, not resolved—future mpg123 updates or unfamiliar contributors will almost certainly miss new dangerous options. The only durable remediation is sandboxed execution (caps, AppArmor, containers) or an allowlist of permitted flags only, which requires no institutional memory of what to block.

For multi-tenant FreePBX deployments, this vulnerability has asymmetric blast radius. In hosted environments where tenant A's administrator can execute as the asterisk user, escaping the tenant boundary grants access to shared resources: recordings, SIP credentials, queue configurations, and call routing that other tenants depend on. The 'authenticated administrator required' framing in the CVE obscures this—your admin isn't just your admin in a shared environment, they're operating on infrastructure that functionally is the telecommunications backbone for multiple organizations.

Audit your FreePBX 17.0.7 deployment by examining whether the Music on Hold fix uses allowlisting or just extends the denylist, whether other modules (Voicemail, Conference) use similar CLI-validation patterns that inherit the same structural weakness, and what the asterisk service account can reach in your environment. If the fix is just more denylist entries, treat this as a temporary measure and prioritize architectural remediation.

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At a glance

No vendor fixNothing to upgrade to, nothing to patch

Severity 7.6 High

Exploit likelihood EPSS, next 30 days 0.7%

Remediation

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Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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