# CVE-2025-41068: Reachable Assertion vulnerability in Open5GS up to version 2.7.6 allows attackers with connectivity to the NRF to cause a denial of service.

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-41068-reachable-assertion-vulnerability-in-open5gs-up-to-version-2-7-6  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-10-27  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-41068 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.5 · Published 2025-10-27

Reachable Assertion vulnerability in Open5GS up to version 2.7.6 allows attackers with connectivity to the NRF to cause a denial of service. This is achieved by sending the creation of an NF with an invalid type via SBI and then requesting its data. The NRF executes a check that crashes the process, leaving the discovery service unresponsive.

Technologies: [Open5GS](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/open5gs). Vendors: [Open5GS](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/open5gs).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-41068 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-41068 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-41068?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 27 October 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Open5GS. The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-41068?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-41068?** Check whether you run Open5GS. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Open5GS

## Related threats

- [Open5GS HTTP/2 SBI server memory exhaustion](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-106806-a-memory-exhaustion-issue-exists-in-open5gs-v2-8-0-in-the-http-2)
- [open5GS PFCP transaction handling denial of service](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-106807-a-denial-of-service-vulnerability-exists-in-open5gs-v2-8-0-in)
- [Open5GS heap out-of-bounds write in multipart parsing](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-116543-open5gs-1-3-0-through-2-8-0-contains-a-heap-out-of-bounds-write)
- [Open5GS assertion failure in SGSN context request handling](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-108105-open5gs-through-2-8-0-contains-a-reachable-assertion)
- [Open5GS heap out-of-bounds read in PFCP parsing](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-108103-open5gs-through-2-8-0-contains-a-heap-out-of-bounds-read)