CVE-2025-25774 Denial of service in n/a
A race condition in Open5GS AMF during handover requests causes a crash, leading to Denial of Service for 5G network operators.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-25774?
CVE-2025-25774 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Open5gs Open5gs, published on 12 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Open5GS v2.7.2. When a UE switches between two gNBs and sends a handover request at a specific time, it may cause an exception in the AMF's internal state machine, leading to an AMF crash and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
Weakness: CWE-691
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-25774?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Open5gs Open5gs.
How do I fix CVE-2025-25774?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-25774 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-25774 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-25774 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Open5gs Open5gs
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wjvr-8c9r-fgmc.