🛡️ CVE-2023-37004 — open5gs

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-37004 is classified as CWE-617: Reachable Assertion. The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.

Affected software

CVE-2023-37004 is recorded against 1 package.

• open5gs (fixed in 2.6.4)

Timeline and source

Published on 22 January 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

cellularsecurity.org

Other advisories for this package

open5gs has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• OSV-2026-970 (published 27 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-8729 (4.3 Medium, published 17 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-8743 (6.3 Medium, published 17 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-8728 (4.3 Medium, published 17 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-8730 (4.3 Medium, published 17 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-8746 (4.3 Medium, published 17 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-8745 (4.3 Medium, published 17 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-8744 (4.3 Medium, published 17 May 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-617: Reachable Assertion) in other software:

• CVE-2022-36001 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-35985 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-36016 (2.0 Low, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-35992 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-35984 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-36012 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-35991 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-35960 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)

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Affected Packages

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