Description
Ella Core is a 5G core designed for private networks. Prior to 1.10.0, Ella Core does not verify the UE Security Capabilities received in NGAP PathSwitchRequest messages against its locally stored values. A malicious gNB can overwrite Ella Core's stored UE security capabilities for any UE with arbitrary values by sending a single crafted PathSwitchRequest. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.10.0.
Published: 2026-05-27
Score: 6.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pwfh-mqp3-pqwj Ella Core has a UE Security Capability bypass on NGAP PathSwitchRequest
History

Thu, 28 May 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 28 May 2026 03:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Ellanetworks
Ellanetworks core
Vendors & Products Ellanetworks
Ellanetworks core

Wed, 27 May 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description Ella Core is a 5G core designed for private networks. Prior to 1.10.0, Ella Core does not verify the UE Security Capabilities received in NGAP PathSwitchRequest messages against its locally stored values. A malicious gNB can overwrite Ella Core's stored UE security capabilities for any UE with arbitrary values by sending a single crafted PathSwitchRequest. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.10.0.
Title Ella Core: UE Security Capability bypass on NGAP PathSwitchRequest
Weaknesses CWE-358
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L'}


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Ellanetworks Core
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-28T15:36:26.428Z

Reserved: 2026-05-06T17:18:51.782Z

Link: CVE-2026-44475

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-28T15:35:58.282Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-27T17:16:39.360

Modified: 2026-06-17T10:50:41.893

Link: CVE-2026-44475

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-28T03:30:05Z

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