Subscriber location exposure via leaked SIP Cell ID
Published May 18, 2025 · Updated May 19, 2025
Information disclosure in O2 UK O2 before 2025-05-19 allows remote authenticated users to locate subscribers via IMS calls. The IMS service inserts the recipient’s utran-cell-id-3gpp value into a Cellular-Network-Info SIP response sent to the caller. An O2 subscription and an IMS call are required; the exposed Cell ID can be correlated with crowdsourced cell-site data to estimate the recipient’s location, including small urban areas.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in O2 UK O2 before 2025-05-19 allows remote authenticated users to locate subscribers via IMS calls. The IMS service inserts the recipient’s utran-cell-id-3gpp value into a Cellular-Network-Info SIP response sent to the caller. An O2 subscription and an IMS call are required; the exposed Cell ID can be correlated with crowdsourced cell-site data to estimate the recipient’s location, including small urban areas.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-48219
- Published
- May 18, 2025
- Updated
- May 19, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-201, T1040
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 18, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 19, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- O2 VoLTE location-disclosure demonstrationproof of concept · demonstrated
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