Medium severity · published Feb 24, 2026
CVE-2025-69253
free5GC vulnerable to improper error handling in NEF with information exposure
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
free5GC is an open-source project for 5th generation (5G) mobile core networks. Versions up to and including 1.4.1 of the User Data Repository are affected by Improper Error Handling with Information Exposure. The NEF component reliably leaks internal parsing error details (e.g., invalid character 'n' after top-level value) to remote clients, which can aid attackers in service fingerprinting. All deployments of free5GC using the Nnef_PfdManagement service may be vulnerable. free5gc/udr pull request 56 contains a patch. No direct workaround is available at the application level. Applying the official patch is recommended.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
UD
udr · free5gc
<= 1.4.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69253
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69253
Exploit
https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/753
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-cj2h-x8qm-xgwc
Patch
https://github.com/free5gc/udr/commit/754d23b03755ad59077ed529ce3b971e477080c4
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/free5gc/udr/pull/56
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