CVE-2026-1739Free5GC pcf smpolicy.go HandleCreateSmPolicyRequest null pointer dereference
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.77%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 44% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
A vulnerability has been found in Free5GC pcf up to 1.4.1. This affects the function HandleCreateSmPolicyRequest of the file internal/sbi/processor/smpolicy.go. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is df535f5524314620715e842baf9723efbeb481a7. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
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References tagged exploit1 reference
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/803#issue-3815770007 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-tracking
Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 21 days later
· 21 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium6.9 | 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 |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | Medium5.5 | 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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.77% · top 44% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
References
References8
- VDB-343638 | Free5GC pcf smpolicy.go HandleCreateSmPolicyRequest null pointer dereference (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-343638 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #741194 | free5gc PCF v4.1.0 Denial of Service (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/803 (opens in a new tab)issue-tracking
- https://github.com/free5gc/pcf/pull/62 (opens in a new tab)issue-tracking
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/803#issue-3815770007 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-tracking
- https://github.com/free5gc/pcf/commit/df535f5524314620715e842baf9723efbeb481a7 (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/free5gc/pcf/ (opens in a new tab)product
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-5125 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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