CVE-2025-5501: Open5GS

Open5GS NGAP PathSwitchRequest Message ngap-handler.c ngap_handle_path_switch_request_transfer assertion

CVSS 6.9 MediumEPSS 0.0080 · 56th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: VulDB) at 3 Jun 2025, 14:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Not given	Open5GS	affected 2.7.0 affected 2.7.1 affected 2.7.2 affected 2.7.3

Identifiers

CVE-2025-5501

CNA

VulDB

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-617

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
6.9	Medium	4.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	CNA (VulDB)Used for this record
5.3	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L	CNA (VulDB)
5.3	Medium	3.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L	CNA (VulDB)
5.0	Medium	2.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	CNA (VulDB)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0080, the 56th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 3 Jun 2025. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

vuldb.com/?id.310915 vdb-entrytechnical-description
vuldb.com/?ctiid.310915 signaturepermissions-required
vuldb.com/?submit.582265 third-party-advisory
github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/3909 issue-tracking
github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/3909#issuecomment-2926682623 issue-tracking
github.com/open5gs/open5gs/commit/2daa44adab762c47a8cef69cc984946973a845b3 patch
github.com/user-attachments/files/20362183/AMF.crash.due.to.pathswitchrequest.zip exploit

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.