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CVE-2026-44330

CRITICAL Exploitation: PoC
10.0
CVSS 3.1
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.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-44330
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Reserved
2026-05-05 19:00 UTC
Published
2026-05-27 15:36 UTC
Last updated
2026-05-27 18:47 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-863
CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization
Vendor / Product
free5gc / free5gc
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

10.0 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
PoC
Automatable
yes
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
free5gc free5gc < 4.2.2
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-863 cna CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
10.0 CRITICAL 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
References (1)
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