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GHSA-7g27-v5wj-jr75

HighCVSS 8.7 / 10
Published Mar 18, 2026·Last modified Mar 23, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact
This is a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability leading to Denial of Service.

  • Security Impact: A remote attacker can cause the UDM service to panic and crash by sending a crafted POST request to the /sdm-subscriptions endpoint with a malformed URL path containing path traversal sequences (../) and a large JSON payload. The DataChangeNotificationProcedure function in notifier.go attempts to access a nil pointer without proper validation, causing a complete service crash with "runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference".
  • Functional Impact: The service crashes completely, requiring manual restart. All UDM functionality is disrupted until recovery.
  • Affected Parties: All deployments of free5GC v4.0.1 using the UDM HTTP callback functionality.

Patches
Yes, the issue has been patched.
The fix is implemented in PR free5gc/udm#78.
Users should upgrade to the next release of free5GC that includes this commit.

Workarounds
There is no direct workaround at the application level. The recommendation is to apply the provided patch or implement API gateway-level filtering to block requests containing path traversal sequences.

Risk Scores
Base Score
8.7

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability.

Threat Intelligence
6.6

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
0.49%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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