CVE-2026-1739: Free5GC pcf smpolicy.go HandleCreateSmPolicyRequest null pointer dereference

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2026-02-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-404

Description

A vulnerability has been found in Free5GC pcf up to 1.4.1. This affects the function HandleCreateSmPolicyRequest of the file internal/sbi/processor/smpolicy.go. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is df535f5524314620715e842baf9723efbeb481a7. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Affected products

Free5GC pcf: through 1.4.1

References

https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/803
https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/803#issue-3815770007
https://github.com/free5gc/pcf/
https://github.com/free5gc/pcf/commit/df535f5524314620715e842baf9723efbeb481a7
https://github.com/free5gc/pcf/pull/62
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