free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, free5GC's NEF terminates the entire process when a stored PFD-subscription notifyUri cannot be reached. In PfdChangeNotifier.FlushNotifications(), the notifier calls NnefPFDmanagementNotify(...) and on any delivery error invokes logger.PFDManageLog.Fatal(err), which is os.Exit(1)-equivalent in Go. An attacker who can create a PFD subscription with an attacker-chosen notifyUri and then trigger a PFD change can deterministically kill NEF on the asynchronous delivery attempt -- the process exits with status 1, dropping NEF's entire SBI surface until restart. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.2.
{
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-20",
"CWE-617",
"CWE-755"
],
"cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44319.json"
}{
"source": [
"AFFECTED_FIELD",
"CPE_RANGE"
],
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:free5gc:free5gc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"extracted_events": [
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},
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"fixed": "4.2.2"
}
]
}