CVE-2026-44325

free5GC: NRF POST /oauth2/token structured-form parser type-confusion panic family (Reflect.Set on incompatible types)

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 27, 2026 at 03:43 PM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 08:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFREE5GC

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, free5GC's NRF root SBI endpoint POST /oauth2/token contains a parser-level type-confusion bug family. The handler in NFs/nrf/internal/sbi/api_accesstoken.go reflects over models.NrfAccessTokenAccessTokenReq, special-cases only plain string and NrfNfManagementNfType fields, and treats every other field as if it were a single models.PlmnId. The parsed *models.PlmnId is then assigned with reflect.Value.Set() to whichever field name the attacker put in the form body, which panics whenever the destination field's real type is incompatible (slice, different struct, primitive). Gin recovery converts each panic into HTTP 500, but the endpoint remains remotely panicable from a single unauthenticated form-encoded request and is repeatedly triggerable. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.2.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.2.2
Affected range stops below 4.2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-f8qv-7x5w-qr48
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue Tracking
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/918
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatch
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/free5gc/nrf/pull/83

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.5HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-20CWE-755CWE-843

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