Medium severity · published Jul 31, 2026
CVE-2026-53551
free5GC AUSF: null byte injection in supiOrSuci causes HTTP 500 internal service failure
6.9
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 1.4.5, the free5GC AUSF (Authentication Server Function) does not validate the supiOrSuci field in UE authentication requests. Null bytes (\x00) and other control characters pass through JSON parsing unchanged and are forwarded to the UDM in an unescaped URL path. This causes Go's net/url.Parse() to fail, returning HTTP 500 "System failure" and leaking internal stack traces. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this at scale causing denial of service for all subscribers attempting authentication through the affected AUSF. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.4.5.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AU
ausf · free5gc
< 1.4.5 · source: vendor
FR
free5gc · free5gc
< 4.2.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53551
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53551
github.com
https://github.com/free5gc/ausf/commit/bfc4a10094dbacbd862baa4686829f3fcc06ce1e
github.com
https://github.com/free5gc/ausf/pull/61
github.com
https://github.com/free5gc/ausf/releases/tag/v1.4.5
github.com
https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/1048
github.com
https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/releases/tag/v4.2.2
github.com
https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-qj55-47fp-p62j
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