CVE-2026-44319 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 05.05.2026 Published: 27.05.2026 Updated: 28.05.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor free5gc
Product free5gc
Versions
  • Version < 4.2.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation CWE
  • CWE-617: Reachable Assertion CWE
  • CWE-755: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions CWE