6.5

CVE-2026-33907: Ella Core Panics during NAS Authentication Response/Failure with missing IEs

Analyzed
AliasesGHSA-55q8-2gwx-29pcGO-2026-4872
Published 27-03-2026Last modified 30-03-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-33907 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ellanetworks core. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.5, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · -0.14 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 27-03-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-03-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Ella Core is a 5G core designed for private networks. Versions prior to 1.7.0 panic when processing Authentication Response and Authentication Failure NAS message missing IEs. An attacker able to send crafted NAS messages to Ella Core can crash the process, causing service disruption for all connected subscribers. No authentication is required. Version 1.7.0 added IE presence verification to NAS message handling.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.14 pp

From 0.39% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: adjacent network, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ellanetworks2 products
Github.com/ellanetworks1 product
  • core< 1.7.0

2 vendors · 3 products

References

5 links