CVE-2026-44317 — Security Box Score

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CVE-2026-44317MEDIUM

free5GC: PCF npcf-policyauthorization POST /app-sessions panics on suppFeat=1 with missing AfRoutReq via nil pointer dereference

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   L   N  U  N  N  H    6.5   .0035   28.2     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions   Fixed
  free5gc  < 4.2.2 –  —

TIMELINE
  May 5   Reserved by GitHub_M
  May 27  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44317 (free5gc). Public exploit reference added.
  May 27  Published (CNA: GitHub_M)

CWE-476, CWE-754 · CNA: GitHub_M · CVSS v3.1 · 4 references · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, free5GC's PCF POST /npcf-policyauthorization/v1/app-sessions handler panics on a single authenticated request whose ascReqData.suppFeat == "1" (enabling traffic-routing feature negotiation) and whose medComponents entries supply an afAppId but NO AfRoutReq. The create path then calls provisioningOfTrafficRoutingInfo(smPolicy, appID, routeReq, ...) with routeReq == nil and dereferences routeReq.RouteToLocs (and other fields) without a nil check, causing runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference. Gin recovery converts the panic into HTTP 500. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.2.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
May 5, 2026	Reserved	Reserved by GitHub_M
May 27, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44317 (free5gc). Public exploit reference added.
May 27, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: GitHub_M)

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
free5gc	free5gc	—	< 4.2.2	—

Weaknesses

CWE-476 · CWE-754

References (4)

https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/879 [Exploit, Issue Tracking]
https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-wwqh-7jm5-gj7w [Exploit, Vendor Advisory]
https://github.com/free5gc/pcf/commit/508d70b8527a6c8c923179dad450ea01e16b6aeb [Patch]
https://github.com/free5gc/pcf/pull/65 [Issue Tracking, Patch]

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-44317 at cve.org

Vendors: free5gc

Weaknesses: CWE-476 · CWE-754

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