Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-33904

Ellanetworks Ella Core ≤ 1.7.0

Published
27 March 2026
Modified
20 April 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0016 6th percentile
Risk Priority 48 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-33904 is a medium-severity Deadlock (CWE-833) vulnerability in Ellanetworks Ella Core. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-8 (Security and Privacy Engineering Principles) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Ella Core is a 5G core designed for private networks. Prior to version 1.7.0, a deadlock in the AMF's SCTP notification handler causes the entire AMF control plane to hang until the process is restarted. An attacker with access to…

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the N2 interface can cause Ella Core to hang, resulting in a denial of service for all subscribers. Version 1.7.0 adds deferred Radio cleanup in serveConn SCTP server so that every connection exit path removes the radio. Remove the stale-entry scan from SCTP Notification handling.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

ellanetworks
ella core
≤ 1.7.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and evaluation activities can exercise concurrent paths and resource contention to discover deadlock conditions before deployment.

Security engineering principles applied during design can incorporate synchronization ordering, timeouts, and resource hierarchies that structurally avoid deadlock formation.

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 partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices can include concurrency analysis and lock discipline to avoid deadlock conditions.

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.

finds

Security testing in development can detect deadlock conditions through stress and concurrency testing.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle requires deadlock analysis and avoidance techniques during design and coding.

prevents

Secure system architecture principles include concurrency controls and resource-locking discipline that prevent deadlock.

prevents

Secure coding standards mandate safe lock ordering, timeouts, and deadlock detection patterns.

none

Change management may catch deadlock-related defects during reviews but does not directly address concurrency design.

References