CVE-2026-5661 (GCVE-0-2026-5661)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-06 14:08
Modified
2026-04-06 14:55
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RC:R
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RC:R
CWE
Summary
A vulnerability was identified in Free5GC 4.2.0. This affects an unknown function of the component NGSetupRequest Handler. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Free5GC Version: 4.2.0
    cpe:2.3:a:free5gc:free5gc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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