Ella Core vulnerable to Unauthenticated AMF DoS via malformed InitialUEMessage with undersized integrity-protected NAS payload
Description
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Mar 12, 2026
Reviewed
Mar 12, 2026
Last updated
Mar 13, 2026
Summary
Ella Core panics when processing a malformed integrity protected NGAP/NAS message with a length under 7 bytes.
Impact
An attacker able to send crafted NAS messages to Ella Core can crash the process, causing service disruption for all connected subscribers. No authentication is required.
Fix
Added length verification to NAS message handling.
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