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.
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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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-27T15:15:27.767Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-44475

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-44475

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