CVE-2025-65566
HIGHomec-project UPF 2.1.3-dev - Denial of Service via Missing Cause IE in PFCP Session Report Response
Title source: llmDescription
A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the omec-project UPF (pfcpiface component) in version upf-epc-pfcpiface:2.1.3-dev. When the UPF receives a PFCP Session Report Response that is missing the mandatory Cause Information Element, the session report handler dereferences a nil pointer instead of rejecting the malformed message. This triggers a panic and terminates the UPF process. An attacker who can send PFCP Session Report Response messages to the UPF's N4/PFCP endpoint can exploit this flaw to repeatedly crash the UPF and disrupt user-plane services.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking
https://github.com/omec-project/upf/issues/958
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0008
EPSS Percentile
23.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (1)
linuxfoundation/upf
2.1.3 dev
Published
Dec 18, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026