Free5GC is an open-source Linux Foundation project for 5th generation (5G) mobile core networks. Versions prior to 1.4.2 are vulnerable to procedure panic caused by Nil Pointer Dereference in the /sdm-subscriptions endpoint. A remote attacker can cause the UDM service to panic and crash by sending a crafted POST request to the /sdm-subscriptions endpoint with a malformed URL path containing path traversal sequences (../) and a large JSON payload. The DataChangeNotificationProcedure function in notifier.go attempts to access a nil pointer without proper validation, causing a complete service crash with "runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference". Exploitation would result in UDM functionality disruption until recovery by restart. This issue has been fixed in version 1.4.2.
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7g27-v5wj-jr75 free5GC UDM DataChangeNotification Procedure Panic Due to Nil Pointer Dereference
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Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Free5gc
Free5gc free5gc
Vendors & Products Free5gc
Free5gc free5gc

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:15:00 +0000

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Description Free5GC is an open-source Linux Foundation project for 5th generation (5G) mobile core networks. Versions prior to 1.4.2 are vulnerable to procedure panic caused by Nil Pointer Dereference in the /sdm-subscriptions endpoint. A remote attacker can cause the UDM service to panic and crash by sending a crafted POST request to the /sdm-subscriptions endpoint with a malformed URL path containing path traversal sequences (../) and a large JSON payload. The DataChangeNotificationProcedure function in notifier.go attempts to access a nil pointer without proper validation, causing a complete service crash with "runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference". Exploitation would result in UDM functionality disruption until recovery by restart. This issue has been fixed in version 1.4.2.
Title free5GC UDM DataChangeNotification Procedure Panic Due to Nil Pointer Dereference
Weaknesses CWE-478
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-20T15:42:53.709Z

Reserved: 2026-03-17T19:27:06.343Z

Link: CVE-2026-33064

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-20T15:42:44.180Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-20T08:16:12.257

Modified: 2026-03-20T13:37:50.737

Link: CVE-2026-33064

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-20T16:27:54Z

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