A flaw has been found in Open5GS up to 2.8.0. This affects an unknown function of the file src/hss/hss-cx-path.c of the component HSS. This manipulation of the argument User-Name causes reachable assertion. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. Patch name: c9abe09421eb99bbf1cd7862a3d375e58a4eb9e4. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
n/a Open5GS affected
Version Status Constraints
2.0 affected —
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2.3 affected —
2.4 affected —
2.5 affected —
2.6 affected —
2.7 affected —
2.8.0 affected —

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https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/commit/c9abe09421eb99bbf1cd7862a3d375e58a4eb9e4 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/4675 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-78186 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/885203 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/394568 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/394568/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:30:00 +0000

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Description A flaw has been found in Open5GS up to 2.8.0. This affects an unknown function of the file src/hss/hss-cx-path.c of the component HSS. This manipulation of the argument User-Name causes reachable assertion. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. Patch name: c9abe09421eb99bbf1cd7862a3d375e58a4eb9e4. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Title Open5GS HSS hss-cx-path.c assertion
First Time appeared Open5gs
Open5gs open5gs
Weaknesses CWE-617
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:open5gs:open5gs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Open5gs
Open5gs open5gs
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-24T04:15:08.586Z

Reserved: 2026-08-23T16:44:41.636Z

Link: CVE-2026-78186

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-24T05:16:55.277

Modified: 2026-08-24T05:16:55.277

Link: CVE-2026-78186

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Updated: 2026-08-24T05:30:12Z

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