Vulnerability · Published Sep 14, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-90707Open5GS Old AMF Discovery Fallback nnrf-handler.c amf_nnrf_try_old_amf_discovery_fallback use after free
High 8.3
In plain English
A high-severity use-after-free in Open5GS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. 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 security flaw has been discovered in Open5GS up to 2.7.x. Affected is the function amf_nnrf_try_old_amf_discovery_fallback of the file src/amf/nnrf-handler.c of the component Old AMF Discovery Fallback. The manipulation of the argument discovery_option results in use after free. The attack may be performed from remote. The patch is identified as ddd683a35f8aaac2b7b9884a24cd53bddfc65238. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-416, CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
References
- VDB-403249 | Open5GS Old AMF Discovery Fallback nnrf-handler.c amf_nnrf_try_old_amf_discovery_fallback use after free vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-403249 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-90707 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #918267 | Open5GS Open5GS AMF <2.8.0 CWE-416: Use After Free third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/pull/4698 issue-tracking, patch
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/commit/ddd683a35f8aaac2b7b9884a24cd53bddfc65238 patch
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/ product