free5GC: NEF crashes via logger.Fatal on PFD notification delivery failure (attacker-controlled notifyUri)

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-44319
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-05-27 17:16:37 UTC
Updated2026-05-28 17:50:05 UTC
Descriptionfree5GC 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.000920000 probability, percentile 0.258200000 (date 2026-06-01)

Problem Types: CWE-20 | CWE-617 | CWE-755 | CWE-20 CWE-20: Improper Input Validation | CWE-617 CWE-617: Reachable Assertion | CWE-755 CWE-755: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Free5gc Free5gc All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Free5gc Free5gc affected < 4.2.2 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/924 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking
github.com/free5gc/nef/pull/25 [email protected] github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-rxrq-fv76-26pr 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 github.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
github.com/free5gc/nef/commit/f110517b1189801950b50668a593398687049074 [email protected] github.com Patch
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