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CVE-2026-25501

free5GC SMF provides Session Management Function for free5GC, an open-source project for 5th generation (5G) mobile core networks. In versions up to and including 1.4.1, SMF panics due to nil pointer dereference and the SMF process terminates. This is triggered by a malformed PFCP SessionReportRequest on the SMF PFCP (UDP/8805) interface. No known upstream fix is available, but some workarounds are available. ACL/firewall the PFCP interface so only trusted UPF IPs can reach SMF (reduce spoofing/

Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:41e422be370f374d7330192a24634360db051f0e2a19541514cbf05af0f84eae

Known exploited

Not asserted

Disputed

Stale source

Conflicts

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion

{"product":"smf","vendor":"free5gc","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"<= 1.4.1"}]}

cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":6.6,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","privilegesRequired":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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CWE assertions

1 source assertion

{"cweId":"CWE-476","description":"CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Source references

2 source assertions

{"name":"https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/805","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/805"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"name":"https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-vq85-8f6p-g9q5","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-vq85-8f6p-g9q5"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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Attribution and limitations

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