CVE-2025-8698
Open5Gs ≤ 2.7.5
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XSummary
CVE-2025-8698 is a low-severity Reachable Assertion (CWE-617) vulnerability in Open5Gs Open5Gs. Its CVSS base score is 1.9 (Low).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked at the 10th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-2 (Flaw Remediation) and AC-6 (Least Privilege) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-23959
Vulnerability Data
A vulnerability was found in Open5GS up to 2.7.5. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function amf_nsmf_pdusession_handle_release_sm_context of the file src/amf/nsmf-handler.c of the component AMF Service. The manipulation leads to reachable assertion. Attacking locally is a requirement.…
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The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 66bc558e417e70ae216ec155e4e81c14ae0ecf30. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The vulnerability triggers a reachable assertion failure in the Open5GS AMF service's nsmf-handler.c, causing a process crash (DoS) via application exploitation.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires applying the vendor patch (66bc558e) that removes the reachable assertion in amf_nsmf_pdusession_handle_release_sm_context.
Mandates input validation on SM context release messages so that malformed data cannot reach the assertion statement inside the AMF handler.
Enforces least privilege on the local interfaces and processes that can invoke the vulnerable AMF nsmf-handler function, reducing the attack surface for a local-only exploit.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly prevent unsafe assertions from being coded in reachable paths.
Runtime monitoring of software can detect assertion-triggered crashes as adverse events.
Vulnerability identification processes can discover and record reachable-assertion flaws before deployment.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing in development can detect reachable assertions before release, reducing the likelihood of exploitation.
Secure development lifecycle mandates defensive coding and input validation that prevent reachable assertions from being triggered by untrusted data.
Application security requirements can specify that assertions must not be reachable from attacker-controlled inputs.
Secure architecture principles discourage the use of assertions for runtime error handling that an attacker could exploit.
Secure coding standards explicitly ban the use of assert() or equivalent statements that can be triggered by external input.