# CVE-2026-90707: Open5GS Old AMF Discovery Fallback nnrf-handler.c amf\_nnrf\_try\_old\_amf\_discovery\_fallback use after free

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-09-14 · Updated: 2026-09-15

## Affected

- n/a Open5GS: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7

## Description

A security flaw has been discovered in Open5GS up to 2.7.x. Affected is the function amf_nnrf_try_old_amf_discovery_fallback of the file src/amf/nnrf-handler.c of the component Old AMF Discovery Fallback. The manipulation of the argument discovery_option results in use after free. The attack may be performed from remote. The patch is identified as ddd683a35f8aaac2b7b9884a24cd53bddfc65238. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403249
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403249/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90707
- https://vuldb.com/submit/918267
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/pull/4698
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/commit/ddd683a35f8aaac2b7b9884a24cd53bddfc65238
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/

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