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.
History

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Ericsson
Ericsson packet Core Gateway (pcg)
Vendors & Products Ericsson
Ericsson packet Core Gateway (pcg)

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title Ericsson Packet Core Gateway (PCG) - Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-228
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ERIC

Published: 2026-06-05T11:03:02.273Z

Updated: 2026-06-05T20:11:57.051Z

Reserved: 2026-02-04T12:41:54.869Z

Link: CVE-2026-25657

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-05T20:11:54.181Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-06-05T12:16:37.750

Modified: 2026-06-05T15:56:37.130

Link: CVE-2026-25657

cve-icon Redhat

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