Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-91855Open5GS PFCP Message handler.c denial of service
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 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A security flaw has been discovered in Open5GS up to 2.7.7. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file lib/pfcp/handler.c of the component PFCP Message Handler. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The patch is named 028e1dbb5e3271035ccee906ef417a97fc523f71. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue. CVE-2025-29339 describes a different assertion failure vulnerability in Open5GS UPF.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-404 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
References
- VDB-404086 | Open5GS PFCP Message handler.c denial of service vdb-entry
- VDB-404086 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-91855 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #933834 | Open5GS 2.7.7 Crash / Denial of Service third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/4699 exploit, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/commit/028e1dbb5e3271035ccee906ef417a97fc523f71 patch
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/ product