Vulnerability · Published Jan 30, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-1682Free5GC SMF PFCP UDP Endpoint handler.go HandlePfcpAssociationReleaseRequest null pointer dereference
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity null pointer dereference in SMF from Free5GC. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A flaw has been found in Free5GC SMF up to 4.1.0. Affected is the function HandlePfcpAssociationReleaseRequest of the file internal/pfcp/handler/handler.go of the component PFCP UDP Endpoint. Executing a manipulation can lead to null pointer dereference. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-476, 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-343475 | Free5GC SMF PFCP UDP Endpoint handler.go HandlePfcpAssociationReleaseRequest null pointer dereference vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-343475 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #739508 | free5gc SMF v4.1.0 Denial of Service third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/794 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/794#issuecomment-3761063382 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/794#issue-3811888505 exploit, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/free5gc/smf/pull/188 issue-tracking, patch
- https://github.com/free5gc/smf/ product