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GHSA-8GQC-W5G5-J344

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-28 15:31 – Updated: 2026-02-23 09:31

Details

A security flaw has been discovered in Open5GS up to 2.7.6. This affects the function sgwc_s5c_handle_bearer_resource_failure_indication of the file src/sgwc/s5c-handler.c of the component SGWC. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The patch is named 69b53add90a9479d7960b822fc60601d659c328b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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CVE-2026-1521 (GCVE-0-2026-1521)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-28 14:32 – Updated: 2026-02-23 09:00 X_Open Source

Title

Open5GS SGWC s5c-handler.c denial of service

Summary

Severity

6.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-28 16:11 UTC

CWE

CWE-404 - Denial of Service

Assigner

VulDB mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://vuldb.com/?id.343192	vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.343192	signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?submit.738370	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/4268	issue-tracking
https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/4268#ev…	issue-tracking
https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/4268#is…	exploitissue-tracking
https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/commit/69b53ad…	patch
https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/	product

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Open5GS	Affected: 2.7.0 Affected: 2.7.1 Affected: 2.7.2 Affected: 2.7.3 Affected: 2.7.4 Affected: 2.7.5 Affected: 2.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:open5gs:open5gs::::::::

Credits

LinZiyu (VulDB User)

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