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CVE-2026-44319

7.5 high SSVC exploitation: poc Analyzed

free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, free5GC's NEF terminates the entire process when a stored PFD-subscription notifyUri cannot be reached. In PfdChangeNotifier.FlushNotifications(), the notifier calls NnefPFDmanagementNotify(...) and on any delivery error invokes logger.PFDManageLog.Fatal(err), which is os.Exit(1)-equivalent in Go. An attacker who can create a PFD subscription with an attacker-chosen notifyUri and then trigger a PFD change can deterministically kill NEF on the asynchronous delivery attempt -- the process exits with status 1, dropping NEF's entire SBI surface until restart. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.2.

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Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4

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Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 7.5 · free5gcNVD modified 2026-10-14 20:10

Affected (CPE criteria) 1

  • cpe:2.3:a:free5gc:free5gc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 6