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CVE-2026-44315GO-2026-5142GHSA-5F62-53R8-QRQF

free5GC: NEF 3gpp-pfd-management API is unauthenticated; forged bearer tokens can create, read, and delete PFD transactions

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Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 4.2.2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, free5GC's NEF mounts the 3gpp-pfd-management API without inbound OAuth2/bearer-token authorization. A network attacker who can reach NEF on the SBI can create, read, and delete PFD-management transaction state with a forged or arbitrary bearer token (e.g. Authorization: Bearer not-a-real-token). The route group is also reachable even when the running config's ServiceList does not declare it, so operators who think they disabled the service via config are still exposed. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.2.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • free5gc free5gc

    fixed in 4.2.2

  • github.com/free5gc/nefGo

    All versions

  • github.com/free5gc/nefGo

    through 1.2.3

References 3

GitHub · free5gc/free5gc

GitHub · free5gc/nef