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Critical · 9.4 CVE-2026-44315 EUVD-2026-32553GHSA-5f62-53r8-qrqfGO-2026-5142

free5GC: NEF 3gpp-pfd-management API is unauthenticated; forged bearer tokens can create, read, and delete PFD transactions

Published May 27, 2026 · Updated May 27, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, free5GC's NEF mounts the 3gpp-pfd-management API without inbound OAuth2/bearer-token authorization. A network attacker who can reach NEF on the SBI can create, read, and delete PFD-management transaction state with a forged or arbitrary bearer token (e.g. Authorization: Bearer not-a-real-token). The route group is also reachable even when the running config's ServiceList does not declare it, so operators who think they disabled the service via config are still exposed. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.2.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
free5gc free5gc < 4.2.2 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/free5gc/nef <= 1.2.3 — GHSA-5f62-53r8-qrqf
Go github.com/free5gc/nef all versions — GO-2026-5142

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