Vulnerability · Published Jan 30, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-1683Free5GC SMF PFCP handler.go HandlePfcpSessionReportRequest denial of service
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw 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 54% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability has been found in Free5GC SMF up to 4.1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function HandlePfcpSessionReportRequest of the file internal/pfcp/handler/handler.go of the component PFCP. The manipulation leads to denial of service. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.
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-343476 | Free5GC SMF PFCP handler.go HandlePfcpSessionReportRequest denial of service vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-343476 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #739653 | free5gc SMF v4.1.0 Denial of Service third-party-advisory
- Submit #739654 | free5gc SMF v4.1.0 Denial of Service (Duplicate) third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/804 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/804#issue-3816086696 exploit, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/free5gc/smf/pull/188 issue-tracking, patch
- https://github.com/free5gc/smf/ product