Description
A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the omec-upf (upf-epc-pfcpiface) in version upf-epc-pfcpiface:2.1.3-dev. When the UPF receives a PFCP Association Setup Request that is missing the mandatory Recovery Time Stamp Information Element, the association setup handler dereferences a nil pointer via IE.RecoveryTimeStamp() instead of validating the message. This results in a panic and terminates the UPF process. An attacker who can send PFCP Association Setup Request messages to the UPF's N4/PFCP endpoint can exploit this issue to repeatedly crash the UPF and disrupt user-plane services.
Affected products
opennetworking: upf
References3
- github.com/omec-project/upf/issues/956 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- github.com/omec-project/upf/issues/956 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- github.com/omec-project/upf/pull/964 Issue Tracking
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.5
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 37 · as of 11 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-476
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