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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-55784 EUVD-2026-68016GHSA-334q-h5g3-fpxvGO-2026-6326

free5GC AUSF authentication contexts can be overwritten by concurrent requests for the same SUPI

Published Aug 28, 2026 · Updated Sep 1, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. In version 1.4.4 and earlier, the AUSF component stores per-subscriber authentication state in a global sync.Map named AUSFContext.UePool in internal/context/context.go, keyed only by SUPI. Every request handled by internal/sbi/processor/ue_authentication.go creates an AusfUeContext, and AddAusfUeContextToPool executes ausfContext.UePool.Store(ausfUeContext.Supi, ausfUeContext), unconditionally replacing the active context for that SUPI. An attacker with access to the AUSF SBI/N12 interface can send concurrent POST /nausf-auth/v1/ue-authentications requests for the same target SUPI, causing all attempts to share one logical authentication context URL while K_aut, XRES, and EapID are repeatedly overwritten. A valid EAP-AKA' response for an earlier challenge is then checked against the latest context, causing AT_MAC verification to fail and denying authentication to the selected subscriber while the request flood continues. No fixed version is available as of this review.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
free5gc free5gc <= 1.4.4 —

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
SLES for SAP 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260902T191204-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23712-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23692-1
SLES 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260902T191204-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23712-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23692-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260902T191204-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21812-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/free5gc/ausf <= 1.4.4 — GHSA-334q-h5g3-fpxv
Go github.com/free5gc/ausf all versions — GO-2026-6326

Advisories 3

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