CVE-2026-44316

free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, free5GC's PCF POST /npcf-smpolicycontrol/v1/sm-policies handler HandleCreateSmPolicyRequest panics with a nil-pointer dereference when a downstream OpenAPI consumer call UDR lookup returns 404 Not Found and the...

free5GC's PCF npcf-smpolicycontrol POST /sm-policies panics on downstream UDR/OpenAPI 404 via nil pointer dereference

Summary free5GC's PCF POST /npcf-smpolicycontrol/v1/sm-policies handler HandleCreateSmPolicyRequest panics with a nil-pointer dereference when a downstream OpenAPI consumer call UDR lookup returns 404 Not Found and the consumer wrapper returns err != nil together with a nil response struct. The...