CVE-2026-5360: Type Confusion in Free5GC
A vulnerability has been found in Free5GC 4.2.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component aper. Such manipulation leads to type confusion. The attack may be launched remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is described as difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 26205eb01705754b7b902ad6c4b613c96c881e29. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Free5GC 4.2.0 involves type confusion within an unspecified function of the aper component. Type confusion can lead to unexpected behavior or memory corruption. The attack vector is remote network access with no privileges or user interaction required, but the attack complexity is high and exploitability is difficult. Although an exploit is publicly known, no widespread exploitation has been reported. A patch commit has been identified to fix this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to unintended behavior in Free5GC, potentially impacting the integrity or availability of the affected component. The CVSS 4.0 base score is 6.3 (medium severity), reflecting limited impact and high complexity of exploitation. No privilege or user interaction is required, but the attack is difficult to execute.
Mitigation Recommendations
A patch is available for this vulnerability, identified by commit 26205eb01705754b7b902ad6c4b613c96c881e29. It is best practice to apply this patch to Free5GC version 4.2.0 to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the patch to affected deployments.
CVE-2026-5360: Type Confusion in Free5GC
Description
A vulnerability has been found in Free5GC 4.2.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component aper. Such manipulation leads to type confusion. The attack may be launched remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is described as difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 26205eb01705754b7b902ad6c4b613c96c881e29. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
CVSS v4.0
Score 6.3medium
Affected software
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Free5GC 4.2.0 involves type confusion within an unspecified function of the aper component. Type confusion can lead to unexpected behavior or memory corruption. The attack vector is remote network access with no privileges or user interaction required, but the attack complexity is high and exploitability is difficult. Although an exploit is publicly known, no widespread exploitation has been reported. A patch commit has been identified to fix this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to unintended behavior in Free5GC, potentially impacting the integrity or availability of the affected component. The CVSS 4.0 base score is 6.3 (medium severity), reflecting limited impact and high complexity of exploitation. No privilege or user interaction is required, but the attack is difficult to execute.
Mitigation Recommendations
A patch is available for this vulnerability, identified by commit 26205eb01705754b7b902ad6c4b613c96c881e29. It is best practice to apply this patch to Free5GC version 4.2.0 to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the patch to affected deployments.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulDB
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-01T17:16:17.906Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69cea282e6bfc5ba1ded3a6c
Added to database: 04/02/2026, 17:08:18 UTC
Last enriched: 04/09/2026, 22:40:52 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:59 UTC
Views: 109
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