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).
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)
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
References
- VDB-394568 | Open5GS HSS hss-cx-path.c assertion vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-394568 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-78186 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #885203 | open5gs Open5GS 2.8.0 and earlier Reachable Assertion third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/4675 exploit, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/commit/c9abe09421eb99bbf1cd7862a3d375e58a4eb9e4 patch
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/ product