# CVE-2025-69252: free5GC has Null Pointer Dereference in UDM, Leading to Service Panic

- Severity: CVSS 6.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-23 · Updated: 2026-02-25

## Affected

- free5gc udm: through 1.4.1

## Description

free5gc UDM provides Unified Data Management (UDM) for free5GC, an open-source project for 5th generation (5G) mobile core networks. Versions up to and including 1.4.1 have a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability. Remote unauthenticated attackers can trigger a service panic (Denial of Service) by sending a crafted PUT request with an unexpected ueId, crashing the UDM service. All deployments of free5GC using the UDM component may be affected. free5gc/udm pull request 76 contains a fix for the issue. No direct workaround is available at the application level. Applying the official patch is recommended.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on free5gc udm, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-v8cv-qvf6-9rpm
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/752
- https://github.com/free5gc/udm/pull/76
- https://github.com/free5gc/udm/commit/504b14458d156558b3c0ade7107b86b3d5e72998

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