Ella Core Has Audit Log Falsification via Path/Body IMSI Mismatch in UpdateSubscriber

Description

Summary

The PUT /api/v1/subscriber/{imsi} API accepts an IMSI identifier from both the URL path and the JSON request body but never verifies they match. This allows an authenticated NetworkManager to modify any subscriber's policy while the audit trail records a fabricated or unrelated subscriber IMSI.

Impact

A NetworkManager or Admin can modify any subscriber's QoS policy (potentially degrading service or altering traffic routing) while the audit log attributes the change to a non-existent or unrelated subscriber. Post-incident forensic searches for the affected subscriber's IMSI would find no matching audit entries.

Fix

Remove the IMSI as a body param and use the path param as a single source of truth.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
low
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Published (advisory)
2026-04-01 22:59:50 UTC
Updated
2026-04-06 17:32:54 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2026-04-01 22:59:50 UTC
NVD published
2026-04-02

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.08% 24.30%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
2.7 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Credits

  • offset (reporter)

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
go github.com/ellanetworks/core <= 1.7.0 1.8.0

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence