# CVE-2026-34761: Ella Core Panics Upon NGAP handover failure

- Also known as: GHSA-6GM8-3G4H-W82M, GO-2026-5177
- Severity: CVSS 5.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.8.0
- Published: 2026-04-02 · Updated: 2026-04-03

## Affected

- ellanetworks core: fixed in 1.8.0
- github.com/ellanetworks/core (Go): fixed in 1.8.0

## Description

Ella Core is a 5G core designed for private networks. Prior to version 1.8.0, Ella Core panics when processing a NGAP handover failure message. An attacker able to cause a gNodeB to send NGAP handover failure messages to Ella Core can crash the process, causing service disruption for all connected subscribers. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ellanetworks core, github.com/ellanetworks/core, upgrade to a fixed version (1.8.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ellanetworks/core/security/advisories/GHSA-6gm8-3g4h-w82m
- https://github.com/ellanetworks/core/releases/tag/v1.8.0

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