CVE-2026-44330Disclosure(free5gc / free5gc)

LOWCVSS 10.0 · CRITICAL

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, free5GC's NEF mounts the nnef-pfdmanagement route group without inbound OAuth2/bearer-token authorization. A network attacker who can reach NEF on the SBI can use a forged or arbitrary bearer token (e.g. Authorization: Bearer not-a-real-token) to read PFD application data via GET /applications and GET /applications/{appID}, and to create or delete PFD change-notification subscriptions via POST /subscriptions and DELETE /subscriptions/{subID}. Same root cause as the other NEF SBI findings: the route group is mounted without any inbound auth middleware. Unlike the OAM and traffic-influence groups, nnef-pfdmanagement IS declared in the runtime ServiceList, so this is the production-intended path that operators expect to be protected by OAuth2 setting receive from NRF: true -- and it is not. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.2.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-863

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

YES

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • free5gc

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
free5gc

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-05-11: 1Technical Details · 2026-05-11: 105-11
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
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Full discourse1 post
  • Vulert@vulert_official
    Disclosure

    🚨 Critical free5GC NEF Vulnerability — CVE-2026-44330 The PFD management API lacks authentication, potentially exposing critical 5G network functions ⚠️ 🔗 https://vulert.com/vuln-db/CVE-2026-44330 Vulert helps detect vulnerabilities in open #CyberSecurity #5G #free5GC #CVE2026 #DevSecOps

    Post summary

    The post announces a critical vulnerability (CVE‑2026‑44330) in the free5GC NEF component, noting that the PFD management API lacks authentication and could expose 5G network functions.

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PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
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