Unauthenticated SGW-C crash via missing transaction assertion
Published Jan 16, 2026 · Updated Jan 16, 2026
Denial of service in Open5GS 2.7.0 through 2.7.6 allows remote attackers to crash SGW-C via a crafted or delayed S5-C response. The S5-C response handlers assert that an associated S11 transaction exists after lookup, so a missing transaction triggers a process abort. The attacker must reach GTPv2-C and create an orphaned transaction state; successful exploitation interrupts the SGW-C service without reported data disclosure or modification.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in Open5GS 2.7.0 through 2.7.6 allows remote attackers to crash SGW-C via a crafted or delayed S5-C response. The S5-C response handlers assert that an associated S11 transaction exists after lookup, so a missing transaction triggers a process abort. The attacker must reach GTPv2-C and create an orphaned transaction state; successful exploitation interrupts the SGW-C service without reported data disclosure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-15529
- Published
- Jan 16, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 16, 2026
- Vendor
- Open5GS
- Product
- Open5GS
- Classifications
- CWE-404, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 16, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 16, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.7.0
- Affected versionversion=2.7.1
- Affected versionversion=2.7.2
- Affected versionversion=2.7.3
- Affected versionversion=2.7.4
- Affected versionversion=2.7.5
- Affected versionversion=2.7.6
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Public exploit references
- Open5GS issue 4226 GTPv2-C proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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