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GHSA-826Q-WRQ4-P23X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-19 17:47 – Updated: 2026-03-25 21:32

Summary

Ella Core panics on malformed NGAP Location Report

Details

Summary

Ella Core panics when processing a malformed NGAP LocationReport message with ue-presence-in-area-of-interest event type and omitting the optional UEPresenceInAreaOfInterestList IE.

Impact

An attacker able to send crafted NGAP messages to Ella Core can crash the process, causing service disruption for all connected subscribers. No authentication is required.

Fix

Added IE presence verification to NGAP message handling.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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  "id": "GHSA-826q-wrq4-p23x",
  "modified": "2026-03-25T21:32:51Z",
  "published": "2026-03-19T17:47:06Z",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ellanetworks/core/security/advisories/GHSA-826q-wrq4-p23x"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
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    }
  ],
  "summary": "Ella Core panics on malformed NGAP Location Report"
}

CVE-2026-33282 (GCVE-0-2026-33282)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-23 23:47 – Updated: 2026-03-25 19:25

Title

Ella Core panics on malformed NGAP Location Report

Summary

Ella Core is a 5G core designed for private networks. Versions prior to 1.6.0 panic when processing a malformed NGAP LocationReport message with `ue-presence-in-area-of-interest` event type and omitting the optional `UEPresenceInAreaOfInterestList` IE. An attacker able to send crafted NGAP messages to Ella Core can crash the process, causing service disruption for all connected subscribers. No authentication is required. Version 1.6.0 added IE presence verification to NGAP message handling.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

https://github.com/ellanetworks/core/security/adv…

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	ellanetworks	core	Affected: < 1.6.0

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GHSA-826Q-WRQ4-P23X

Summary

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Fix

CVE-2026-33282 (GCVE-0-2026-33282)

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