CVE-2026-44321 free5GC: SMF UPI POST /upi/v1/upNodesLinks exits the SMF process on overlapping UE pools (unauthenticated, reachable Fatalf)

free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, free5GC's SMF mounts the UPI management route group without inbound OAuth2 middleware. The POST /upi/v1/upNodesLinks create-or-update handler accepts attacker-controlled JSON and passes it directly into...

GHSA-3258-QMV8-FRP3 free5GC's SMF UPI management interface lacks auth middleware; unauthenticated topology read/write requests reach handlers

Summary free5GC's SMF mounts the UPI management route group without OAuth2/bearer-token authorization middleware. A network attacker who can reach SMF on the SBI can hit UPI endpoints with no Authorization header at all, and the requests reach the SMF business handlers. In the running Docker lab...

free5GC's SMF UPI management interface lacks auth middleware; unauthenticated topology read/write requests reach handlers

Summary free5GC's SMF mounts the UPI management route group without OAuth2/bearer-token authorization middleware. A network attacker who can reach SMF on the SBI can hit UPI endpoints with no Authorization header at all, and the requests reach the SMF business handlers. In the running Docker lab...

PT-2026-39258

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions free5GC SMF version 4.2.1 Description The SMF mounts the UPI management route group without inbound OAuth2 middleware, allowing unauthenticated access. A flaw in the DeleteUpNodeLink function causes a nil-pointer dereference when processing...