Ericsson Packet Core Controller up to 1.37 neutralization

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A vulnerability categorized as very critical has been discovered in Ericsson Packet Core Controller up to 1.37. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to neutralization. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-59172. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Ericsson Packet Core Controller up to 1.37. It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a neutralization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-707. The product does not ensure or incorrectly ensures that structured messages or data are well-formed and that certain security properties are met before being read from an upstream component or sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Ericsson Packet Core Controller (PCC) versions prior to 1.38 contain an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements vulnerability allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code as root.

The advisory is available at ericsson.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-59172 since 09/10/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/27/2026).

Upgrading to version 1.38 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Ericsson

Name

• Packet Core Controller

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37

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