CVE-2026-44329
free5GC: SMF UPI management interface lacks auth middleware; unauthenticated topology read/write requests reach handlers
CRITICAL 10.0EPSS 0.6%
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 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 this was directly demonstrated for read (GET /upi/v1/upNodesLinks), write (POST /upi/v1/upNodesLinks with attacker-controlled UP-node and link payload), and delete (DELETE /upi/v1/upNodesLinks/{nodeID}) operations. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.2.
- Affected
- free5gc
- CVSS v3.1 GITHUB
- 10.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 46th percentile
- Published
- 2026-05-27
- Updated
- 2026-05-28
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Security advisories
- free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-3258-qmv8-frp3
- free5gc/smf/pull/197
- free5gc/free5gc/issues/887