CVE-2026-44315

CRITICAL

free5GC: NEF 3gpp-pfd-management API is unauthenticated; forged bearer tokens can create, read, and delete PFD transactions

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, free5GC's NEF mounts the 3gpp-pfd-management API without inbound OAuth2/bearer-token authorization. A network attacker who can reach NEF on the SBI can create, read, and delete PFD-management transaction state with a forged or arbitrary bearer token (e.g. Authorization: Bearer not-a-real-token). The route group is also reachable even when the running config's ServiceList does not declare it, so operators who think they disabled the service via config are still exposed. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.2.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/858
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/free5gc/nef/pull/23

Scores

CVSS v3 9.4
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 20.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-862
Status published
Products (2)
free5gc/free5gc < 4.2.2 (2 CPE variants)
free5gc/nef 0 - 1.2.3Go
Published May 27, 2026
Tracked Since May 27, 2026