CVE-2026-33907: Ella Core Panics during NAS Authentication Response/Failure with missing IEs
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.
Not severe (CVSS 6.5, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 27-03-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 30-03-2026Last 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- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: adjacent network, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Github.com/ellanetworks1 product
- core< 1.7.0
2 vendors · 3 products
References
5 links- github.com/ellanetworks/core/security/advisories/GHSA-55q8-2gwx-29pcX Refsource CONFIRMWEBAdvisoryVendor Advisory
- github.com/ellanetworks/core/commit/52962660e3bd3e23c7e96b0da270ac1e0e705273X Refsource MISCWEBFIXPatch
- github.com/ellanetworks/corePACKAGE