What is CVE-2025-8805?

CVE-2025-8805 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open5gs, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-08-10.

How severe is CVE-2025-8805?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-8805 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Open5gs

CVE-2025-8805

A vulnerability was determined in Open5GS up to 2.7.5. Affected by this issue is the function smf_gsm_state_wait_pfcp_deletion of the file src/smf/gsm-sm.c of the component SMF. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.7.6 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as c58b8f081986aaf2a312d73a0a17985518b47fe6. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Published 2025-08-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Open5gs
Open5gs — versions 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.7.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

vuldb.com/ (technical-description, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, VDB Entry)
vuldb.com/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/4000 (issue-tracking, Issue Tracking)
github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/4000 (issue-tracking, Issue Tracking)
github.com/user-attachments/files/21229739/smf_crash.zip (Exploit, exploit)
github.com/open5gs/open5gs/commit/c58b8f081986aaf2a312d73a0a17985518b47fe6 (Patch, patch)
github.com/open5gs/open5gs/releases/tag/v2.7.6 (Release Notes, patch)
github.com/ZHENGHAOHELLO/BugReport (related)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8805?: CVE-2025-8805 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open5gs, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-08-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-8805?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-8805 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.