free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, free5GC's SMF mounts the UPI management route group without inbound OAuth2 middleware. On top of that, the DELETE /upi/v1/upNodesLinks/{upNodeRef} handler unco…
Exact source revision recorded 25 Oct 2026 10:17:21 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.
nvd · CVE-2026-44328
Publishedfree5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, free5GC's SMF mounts the UPI management route group without inbound OAuth2 middleware. On top of that, the DELETE /upi/v1/upNodesLinks/{upNodeRef} handler unconditionally dereferences upNode.UPF after the type-guarded async release, even though AN-typed nodes are constructed without a UPF object. As a result, a single unauthenticated DELETE /upi/v1/upNodesLinks/gNB1 request crashes the handler with a nil-pointer panic AND mutates the in-memory user-plane topology before panicking (the UpNodeDelete(upNodeRef) line runs first). This is an unauthenticated, state-mutating panic-DoS sink that an off-path network attacker can trigger by name against any AN entry. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.2.
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Source analysis status: Analyzed
Weakness classifications: CWE-306 · CWE-476 · CWE-862
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published: 2026-05-27T17:16:38.347
lastModified: 2026-10-14T20:10:00.190
1 source CPE criteria · context only
- cpe:2.3:a:free5gc:free5gc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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- 27 May 2026 17:16:38 UTC
- Source modified
- 14 Oct 2026 20:10:00 UTC
- Observed here
- 25 Oct 2026 10:17:21 UTC
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