Session-state denial of service via method confusion
Published May 10, 2026 · Updated May 10, 2026
Denial of service in Open5GS 2.7.0 through 2.7.7 allows remote attackers to clear PCF session state via a crafted HTTP GET request. The PCF router dispatches GET requests for the /sm-policies/{smPolicyId}/delete subresource to pcf_npcf_smpolicycontrol_handle_delete without checking the method; the missing delete body raises a state-machine exception that invokes PCF_SESS_CLEAR. Exploitation requires a valid smPolicyId but no authentication or user interaction, and it destroys the corresponding session context so subsequent application-session operations fail.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in Open5GS 2.7.0 through 2.7.7 allows remote attackers to clear PCF session state via a crafted HTTP GET request. The PCF router dispatches GET requests for the /sm-policies/{smPolicyId}/delete subresource to pcf_npcf_smpolicycontrol_handle_delete without checking the method; the missing delete body raises a state-machine exception that invokes PCF_SESS_CLEAR. Exploitation requires a valid smPolicyId but no authentication or user interaction, and it destroys the corresponding session context so subsequent application-session operations fail.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-8225
- Published
- May 10, 2026
- Updated
- May 10, 2026
- Vendor
- Open5GS
- Product
- Open5GS
- Classifications
- CWE-404, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 10, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 10, 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
- Affected versionversion=2.7.7
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- PCF method-confusion reproductionproof of concept · demonstrated
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