Daemon crash via duplicate Diameter application identifiers
Published Aug 12, 2026 · Updated Aug 12, 2026
Reachable assertion in Open5GS 2.7.0 through 2.7.6 allows remote attackers to crash Diameter-based core daemons via a malformed CER. The freeDiameter rule parser treats duplicate Auth-Application-Id AVPs as fatal, and diam_log_func converts that log condition into an unconditional abort. Unauthenticated Diameter reachability is sufficient; one crafted CER terminates HSS, MME, PCRF, or AAA service using the shared stack.
Summary
What happened
Reachable assertion in Open5GS 2.7.0 through 2.7.6 allows remote attackers to crash Diameter-based core daemons via a malformed CER. The freeDiameter rule parser treats duplicate Auth-Application-Id AVPs as fatal, and diam_log_func converts that log condition into an unconditional abort. Unauthenticated Diameter reachability is sufficient; one crafted CER terminates HSS, MME, PCRF, or AAA service using the shared stack.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-15684
- Published
- Aug 12, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 12, 2026
- Vendor
- Open5GS
- Product
- Open5GS
- Classifications
- CWE-617, T1498
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 12, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 12, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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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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