Low severity · published Aug 28, 2026
CVE-2026-55785
free5GC AUSF uses non-constant-time authentication comparisons and logs XRES* in 5G-AKA
3.7
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 1.4.5, the AUSF component performs cryptographic authentication comparisons in internal/sbi/processor/ue_authentication.go with ordinary equality helpers. Auth5gAkaComfirmRequestProcedure compares RES* and XRES* with strings.EqualFold and logs the expected XRES* value at INFO level before comparison. EapAuthComfirmRequestProcedure compares AT_MAC and XMAC with bytes.Equal and evaluates XRES == RES with ordinary string equality. These comparisons can return at mismatch-dependent times, although testing did not demonstrate a practical remote timing oracle because of HTTP/SBI timing noise. The INFO log exposes authentication material to operators, log collectors, sidecars, or processes able to read AUSF logs. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.5.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
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 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
free5gc · free5gc
< 1.4.5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55785
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55785
github.com
https://github.com/free5gc/ausf/commit/7a5a4aa1ec6cd0e1febebf333911c3104968edf0
github.com
https://github.com/free5gc/ausf/pull/63
github.com
https://github.com/free5gc/ausf/releases/tag/v1.4.5
github.com
https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-fp46-6vfw-gc9c
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