# CVE-2025-65564: Null dereference in n/a

> An attacker can crash the 5G User Plane Function by sending malformed PFCP requests, causing a denial of service for user-plane traffic.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 19 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-57x8-285f-vf9c

## What is CVE-2025-65564?

CVE-2025-65564 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the omec-upf (upf-epc-pfcpiface) in version upf-epc-pfcpiface:2.1.3-dev. When the UPF receives a PFCP Association Setup Request that is missing the mandatory Recovery Time Stamp Information Element, the association setup handler dereferences a nil pointer via IE.RecoveryTimeStamp() instead of validating the message. This results in a panic and terminates the UPF process. An attacker who can send PFCP Association Setup Request messages to the UPF's N4/PFCP endpoint can exploit this issue to repeatedly crash the UPF and disrupt user-plane services.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-65564?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Opennetworking Upf.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-65564?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-65564 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-65564 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-65564 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2025-65563](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65563/): Null dereference in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-65565](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65565/): Null dereference in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-65567](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65567/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-65568](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65568/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-65564 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-65564 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-65564 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65564/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65564/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65564
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65564
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-65564

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65564/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.