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CVE-2026-44320: free5GC's NEF nnef-callback route group is unauthenticated; forged callback requests are accepted into the processing path

May 8, 2026

free5GC’s NEF mounts the nnef-callback route group without inbound OAuth2/bearer-token authorization. A forged or arbitrary bearer token (e.g. Authorization: Bearer not-a-real-token) is enough to reach the SMF-callback handler – the callback body is parsed and dispatched into NEF business logic instead of being rejected at the auth boundary. Same root cause as the other NEF SBI findings: the route group is mounted without any inbound auth middleware. NEF does not authenticate the producer NF identity before processing callback content; if an attacker can guess or obtain a valid NotifId, this missing auth boundary lets forged callbacks act on real subscription state. The route group is also reachable even when the runtime ServiceList does not declare it (it lists only nnef-pfdmanagement and nnef-oam).

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-wqfh-gq79-j8mf
  • github.com/free5gc/free5gc
  • github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/860
  • github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-wqfh-gq79-j8mf
  • github.com/free5gc/nef/pull/24
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44320

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Affected versions

All versions up to 1.2.3

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 7.3 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function
  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Source file

go/github.com/free5gc/nef/CVE-2026-44320.yml

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