CVE-2025-65561 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service in free5GC by sending crafted PFCP Session Modification Requests with malicious headers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-65561?
CVE-2025-65561 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Free5gc Free5gc, published on 18 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in function LocalNode.Sess in free5GC 4.1.0 allowing attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via crafted header Local SEID to the PFCP Session Modification Request.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-65561?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Free5gc Free5gc.
How do I fix CVE-2025-65561?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-65561 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-2025-65561 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-65561 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Free5gc Free5gc
- CVE-2026-44327 free5GC: NEF nnef-oam route group is unauthenticated; no-token requests reach the OAM handler
- CVE-2026-44329 free5GC's SMF UPI management interface lacks auth middleware; unauthenticated topology read/write requests reach handlers
- CVE-2026-44330 free5GC's NEF nnef-pfdmanagement API is unauthenticated; forged bearer tokens can read PFD data and create/delete PFD subscriptions
- CVE-2025-63679 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2026-44315 free5GC's NEF 3gpp-pfd-management API is unauthenticated; forged bearer tokens can create, read, and delete PFD transactions
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hrmx-qxp4-vxmf.