Vulnerability · Published Aug 24, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-78186Open5GS HSS hss-cx-path.c assertion

Medium 4.3

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 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw has been found in Open5GS up to 2.8.0. This affects an unknown function of the file src/hss/hss-cx-path.c of the component HSS. This manipulation of the argument User-Name causes reachable assertion. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. Patch name: c9abe09421eb99bbf1cd7862a3d375e58a4eb9e4. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a Open5GS 2.02.12.22.32.42.52.62.7

Weakness: CWE-617 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

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