CVE-2026-42081
Essential information
- Published
- 27/05/2026 17:16
- Modified
- 27/05/2026 19:51
- Author
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- Creator
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- CVSS
- 6.1 MEDIUM (v3.1)
- CISA KEV
- No
- CWE
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- CVSS vector
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CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L—
CVSS metrics
- Access vector
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- Access complexity
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- Authentication
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- Confidentiality impact
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- Integrity impact
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- Availability impact
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- Exploitability
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- Remediation level
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- Report confidence
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- Temporal score
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- Attack vector
- ADJACENT_NETWORK
- Attack complexity
- LOW
- Privileges required
- NONE
- User interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality impact
- NONE
- Integrity impact
- LOW
- Availability impact
- LOW
- Exploit code maturity
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- Remediation level
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- Report confidence
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- Attack vector
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- Attack complexity
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- Attack requirements
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Confidentiality (V)
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- Confidentiality (S)
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- Integrity (V)
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- Integrity (S)
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- Availability (V)
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- Availability (S)
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- Exploit maturity
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Description
free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, the AMF in Free5GC does not verify the UE Security Capabilities received in NGAP PathSwitchRequest messages against its locally stored values, as mandated by 3GPP TS 33.501 §6.7.3.1. A malicious gNB can overwrite the AMF's stored UE security capabilities with arbitrary values, which are then propagated in PathSwitchRequest Acknowledge messages and subsequent Handover Request messages. This leads to persistent handover denial-of-service for affected UEs. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.2.
NVD status
- Status
- Undergoing Analysis — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
- Source
- [email protected]
- NVD
- View on NVD
Affected products (CPE)
| Product | CPE |
|---|---|
| free5gc / free5gc | cpe:2.3:a:free5gc:free5gc:<4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |