Vulnerability · Published Jun 3, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2025-5520Open5GS AMF/MME emm_state_authentication assertion
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Open5GS. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability was found in Open5GS up to 2.7.3. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function gmm_state_authentication/emm_state_authentication of the component AMF/MME. The manipulation leads to reachable assertion. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 9f5d133657850e6167231527514ee1364d37a884. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. This is a different issue than CVE-2025-1893.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-617 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
- VDB-310956 | Open5GS AMF/MME emm_state_authentication assertion vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-310956 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #582269 | Open5GS <=2.7.3 Reachable Assertion third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/3910 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/3910#issuecomment-2926719317 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20362243/Problematic.handover.required.process.zip exploit
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/commit/9f5d133657850e6167231527514ee1364d37a884 patch