# CVE-2026-78156: Open5GS S6a Authentication-Information-Request hss-s6a-path.c hss\_ogs\_diam\_s6a\_air\_cb heap-based overflow

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-08-23 · Updated: 2026-08-26

## Affected

- n/a Open5GS: 2.8.0

## Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in Open5GS 2.8.0. Affected by this issue is the function hss_ogs_diam_s6a_air_cb of the file src/hss/hss-s6a-path.c of the component S6a Authentication-Information-Request Handler. Such manipulation of the argument Visited-PLMN-Id leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be performed from remote. The name of the patch is a9c82ee0b590d76a581b0580cb46b598984e2392. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/394539
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/394539/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-78156
- https://vuldb.com/submit/882951
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/4661
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/commit/a9c82ee0b590d76a581b0580cb46b598984e2392
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/

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