CVE-2026-5360: Free5GC aper type confusion

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-5360 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) Type Confusion vulnerability in free5gc. EPSS estimates a 0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 02-04-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 03-04-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability has been found in Free5GC 4.2.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component aper. Such manipulation leads to type confusion. The attack may be launched remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is described as difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 26205eb01705754b7b902ad6c4b613c96c881e29. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

• CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.