free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, free5GC's SMF mounts the UPI management route group without OAuth2/bearer-token authorization middleware. A network attacker who can reach SMF on the SBI can hit UPI endpoints with no Authorization header at all, and the requests reach the SMF business handlers. In the running Docker lab this was directly demonstrated for read (GET /upi/v1/upNodesLinks), write (POST /upi/v1/upNodesLinks with attacker-controlled UP-node and link payload), and delete (DELETE /upi/v1/upNodesLinks/{nodeID}) operations. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.2.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-3258-qmv8-frp3 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/free5gc/smf/commit/e23ce97565f285eb99eed153743c62bf4c767c6e Patch
- https://github.com/free5gc/smf/pull/197 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-3258-qmv8-frp3 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 10.0 · free5gcNVD modified 2026-10-14 20:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:free5gc:free5gc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 6
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/887 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-3258-qmv8-frp3 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/free5gc/smf/commit/e23ce97565f285eb99eed153743c62bf4c767c6e Patch
- https://github.com/free5gc/smf/pull/197 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/887 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-3258-qmv8-frp3 Exploit, Vendor Advisory