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TI-2025-43037 Aliases CVE-2025-70122GHSA-fq6p-4h82-858f

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the UPF component of free5GC v4.0.1 allows remote…

Priority HIGH 72CWE-122Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-122 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the UPF component of free5GC v4.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PFCP Session Modification Request. The issue occurs in the SDFFilterFields.UnmarshalBinary function (sdf-filter.go) when processing a declared length that exceeds the actual buffer capacity, leading to a runtime panic and UPF crash.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00395 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:free5gc:free5gc:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.1Vulnerablefree5gc
  • cpe:2.3:a:free5gc:free5gc:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.1 Vulnerable ·free5gc

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-70122
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fq6p-4h82-858f

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2026-32298 Incorrect authorization in free5gc CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-32297 free5GC: SMF UPI management interface lacks auth middleware; unauthenticated topology read/write requests reach handlers CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-32295 free5GC: NEF nnef-oam route group is unauthenticated; no-token requests reach the OAM handler CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2025-39412 free5gc v4.1.0 and before is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-32294 Missing authorization in free5gc CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
  • TI-2026-32283 Missing authorization in free5gc CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
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Sources

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