The Energetic Cost of Mitigating AI Attacks in Cellular Networks

The integration of Artificial Intelligence AI, generally as Machine Learning ML algorithms, in all levels and aspects of cellular networks demonstrates the success of data-driven algorithms; for example, the Radio Intelligence Controller RIC of the O-RAN paradigm bestows the network with optimise...

CVE-2026-37221

FlexRIC v2.0.0 crashes when receiving a RICSUBSCRIPTIONRESPONSE with an unknown ricid that has no corresponding pending event. The near-RT RIC uses assert to enforce the existence of a pending event during response processing. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a forged...

CVE-2026-37225

FlexRIC v2.0.0 crashes when the iApp receives an E42RICSUBSCRIPTIONREQUEST with an empty ricEventTriggerDefinition field. The E42 layer decoder accepts this as valid, but the E2AP encoder asserts a non-empty constraint when forwarding the request. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash the...

CVE-2026-37220

FlexRIC v2.0.0 crashes when an SCTP association is closed before an E2SETUPREQUEST is sent. The near-RT RIC assumes a mapping between SCTP association and E2 node always exists in the cleanup path and enforces this via assert. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash the near-RT RIC port 36421...

CVE-2026-37230

FlexRIC v2.0.0 crashes when the near-RT RIC receives a RICINDICATION message with a ranfuncid that does not exist in its registry. The lookup returns NULL, triggering assert in Debug builds SIGABRT or NULL pointer dereference in Release builds SIGSEGV. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash...

CVE-2026-37230

FlexRIC v2.0.0 crashes when the near-RT RIC receives a RICINDICATION message with a ranfuncid that does not exist in its registry. The lookup returns NULL, triggering assert in Debug builds SIGABRT or NULL pointer dereference in Release builds SIGSEGV. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash...

EUVD-2026-33697

FlexRIC v2.0.0 contains a reachable assertion in the iApp message dispatcher. The dispatcher validates incoming E2AP messages against a 9-entry whitelist using assert. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send any decodable E2AP PDU with a message type not in the whitelist to crash the iApp...

CVE-2026-37227

FlexRIC v2.0.0 contains reachable assert0 calls in stub message handlers for whitelisted but unimplemented E2AP message types in the near-RT RIC. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a decodable E2AP PDU of such a type e.g., E2nodeConfigurationUpdate to crash the near-RT RIC process port...

CVE-2026-37225

FlexRIC v2.0.0 crashes when the iApp receives an E42RICSUBSCRIPTIONREQUEST with an empty ricEventTriggerDefinition field. The E42 layer decoder accepts this as valid, but the E2AP encoder asserts a non-empty constraint when forwarding the request. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash the...

CVE-2026-37221

FlexRIC v2.0.0 crashes when receiving a RICSUBSCRIPTIONRESPONSE with an unknown ricid that has no corresponding pending event. The near-RT RIC uses assert to enforce the existence of a pending event during response processing. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a forged...

CVE-2026-37228

FlexRIC v2.0.0 contains a reachable assertion in e2aprecvsctpmsg src/lib/ep/e2apep.c. The function allocates a fixed 32KB receive buffer and enforces assertrc = 32,768 bytes to crash the near-RT RIC, iApp, E2 Agent, or xApp process via SIGABRT. No valid E2AP PDU is required. All four SCTP endpoin...

CVE-2026-37221

FlexRIC v2.0.0 is vulnerable to a crash due to improper handling of RIC_SUBSCRIPTION_RESPONSE messages. The near-RT RIC component uses an assert() function to verify the existence of a pending event during response processing; however, it fails to properly validate the ric_id . A remote unauthent...

CVE-2026-37220

FlexRIC v2.0.0 crashes when an SCTP association is closed before an E2SETUPREQUEST is sent. The near-RT RIC assumes a mapping between SCTP association and E2 node always exists in the cleanup path and enforces this via assert. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash the near-RT RIC port 36421...

CVE-2026-37221

FlexRIC v2.0.0 crashes when receiving a RICSUBSCRIPTIONRESPONSE with an unknown ricid that has no corresponding pending event. The near-RT RIC uses assert to enforce the existence of a pending event during response processing. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a forged...

PT-2026-45430

FlexRIC v2.0.0 crashes when an SCTP association is closed before an E2 SETUP REQUEST is sent. The near-RT RIC assumes a mapping between SCTP association and E2 node always exists in the cleanup path and enforces this via assert. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash the near-RT RIC port 364...

EUVD-2026-33660

FlexRIC v2.0.0 crashes when receiving a RICSUBSCRIPTIONRESPONSE with an unknown ricid that has no corresponding pending event. The near-RT RIC uses assert to enforce the existence of a pending event during response processing. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a forged...

CVE-2026-37225

FlexRIC v2.0.0 crashes when the iApp receives an E42RICSUBSCRIPTIONREQUEST with an empty ricEventTriggerDefinition field. The E42 layer decoder accepts this as valid, but the E2AP encoder asserts a non-empty constraint when forwarding the request. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash the...

CVE-2026-37222

The FlexRIC v2.0.0 RAN intelligent controller contains a vulnerability where it uses hardcoded assertions to validate Information Element (IE) counts in decoded E2AP messages instead of validating against protocol-specified ranges. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a v...

CVE-2026-37223

FlexRIC v2.0.0 is vulnerable to a service disruption due to a reachable assertion in the iApp message dispatcher . The dispatcher uses assert() to validate incoming E2AP messages against a 9-entry whitelist. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger a SIGABRT crash by sending a decodable E2AP...

CVE-2026-37220

FlexRIC v2.0.0 crashes when an SCTP association is closed before an E2SETUPREQUEST is sent. The near-RT RIC assumes a mapping between SCTP association and E2 node always exists in the cleanup path and enforces this via assert. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash the near-RT RIC port 36421...