Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-1736

Open5Gs ≤ 2.7.6

Public PoC
Published
02 February 2026
Modified
11 February 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v4 5.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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:X
EPSS Score 0.0061 46th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-1736 is a medium-severity Reachable Assertion (CWE-617) vulnerability in Open5Gs Open5Gs. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked at the 46th 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-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-17 (Fail-safe Procedures) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A security vulnerability has been detected in Open5GS up to 2.7.6. Impacted is the function sgwc_s11_handle_create_indirect_data_forwarding_tunnel_request of the file /src/sgwc/s11-handler.c of the component SGWC. Such manipulation leads to reachable assertion. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been…

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disclosed publicly and may be used. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue. The issue report is flagged as already-fixed.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
Why these techniques?

Reachable assertion (CWE-617) in remotely accessible SGWC handler directly enables application DoS via crafted input triggering crash.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

open5gs
open5gs
≤ 2.7.6

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SI-10 Information Input Validation
  • SI-17 Fail-safe Procedures
  • SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)
  • SI-17 Fail-safe Procedures
Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly validates inputs to the SGWC s11-handler to block crafted packets that reach the failing assertion.

preventrecover

Ensures the SGWC fails safely and continues operation instead of terminating on a reachable assertion.

prevent

Requires developer testing that would detect the reachable assertion in sgwc_s11_handle_create_indirect_data_forwarding_tunnel_request before release.

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.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent unsafe assertions from being coded in reachable paths.

DE.CM-09 partial match
prevents

Runtime monitoring of software can detect assertion-triggered crashes as adverse events.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

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.

detects

Security testing in development can detect reachable assertions before release, reducing the likelihood of exploitation.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates defensive coding and input validation that prevent reachable assertions from being triggered by untrusted data.

prevents

Application security requirements can specify that assertions must not be reachable from attacker-controlled inputs.

prevents

Secure architecture principles discourage the use of assertions for runtime error handling that an attacker could exploit.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly ban the use of assert() or equivalent statements that can be triggered by external input.

References