CVE-2026-25657: Ericsson Packet Core Gateway (PCG) versions prior to 1
CVE-2026-25657 analysis covering impact, affected products, versions, remediation, and cross-checked defender guidance.
CVE-2026-25657 is a vulnerability published by NVD on 05/06/2026.
What happened
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.
Affected products and versions
- NVD has not published a normalized affected-product configuration yet.
Severity and weakness
CVSS: HIGH 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X.
Weaknesses: CWE-228.
Known exploitation
No CISA KEV entry is currently attached to the NVD record.
What defenders should do
- Identify whether the affected product and version range exists in production.
- Review vendor advisories and release notes before change windows.
- Patch, upgrade, disable the vulnerable component, or apply vendor mitigations.
- Verify the running version after deployment, not only the package inventory.
Official and supporting references
- No vendor advisory tagged by NVD at draft time.