CVE-2026-32320

MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.06%

Ella Core: AMF DoS via malformed PathSwitchRequest with empty NR security capability bitstrings

Published: 3/12/2026Modified: 3/23/2026

Description

## Summary Ella Core panics when processing a PathSwitchRequest containing UE Security Capabilities with zero-length NR encryption or integrity protection algorithm bitstrings, resulting in a denial of service. ## 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 length validation on NR algorithm bitstrings before accessing them in the PathSwitchRequest handler.

Affected packages (2)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1MEDIUM6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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