CVE-2026-33064

HIGH

free5GC UDM DataChangeNotification Procedure Panic Due to Nil Pointer Dereference

Title source: cna

Description

Free5GC is an open-source Linux Foundation project for 5th generation (5G) mobile core networks. Versions prior to 1.4.2 are vulnerable to procedure panic caused by Nil Pointer Dereference in the /sdm-subscriptions endpoint. 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". Exploitation would result in UDM functionality disruption until recovery by restart. This issue has been fixed in version 1.4.2.

Scores

CVSS v4 8.7
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 44.6%
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Details

CWE
CWE-478
Status published
Products (2)
free5gc/free5gc < 1.4.2
free5gc/udm 0 - 1.4.2Go
Published Mar 20, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 20, 2026