CVE-2026-25657
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Ericsson Packet Core Gateway (PCG) versions prior to 1.30 contain an Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure (CWE-228) vulnerability where an attacker continuously sending a specially crafted message can cause service degradation. The impact continues as long the attack persists but the system recovers from the crashes when the attack stops.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.1
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
85b1779b-6ecd-4f52-bcc5-73eac4659dcf
Published
2026-06-05 12:16:37.750000
Last modified
2026-10-26 11:10:00.157000
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