GitHub Security Advisory: GHSA-jwch-w7wh-gqjm
Package: github.com/free5gc/udr (GO)
Severity: MODERATE (CVSS 5.8)
CWE: CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
Vulnerable versions: <= 1.4.2
Patched in: unpatched

Summary: free5GC UDR: Fail-open handling in PolicyDataSubsToNotifyPost allows unintended subscription creation

Details:
### Summary
A fail-open request handling flaw in the UDR service causes the `/nudr-dr/v2/policy-data/subs-to-notify` POST handler to continue processing requests even after request body retrieval or deserialization errors.

This may allow unintended creation of Policy Data notification subscriptions with invalid, empty, or partially processed input, depending on downstream processor behavior.

### Details
The endpoint `POST /nudr-dr/v2/policy-data/subs-to-notify` is intended to create a Policy Data notification subscription only after the HTTP request body has been successfully read and parsed into a valid `PolicyDataSubscription` object. [file:93]

In the free5GC UDR implementation, the function `HandlePolicyDataSubsToNotifyPost` in `NFs/udr/internal/sbi/api_datarepository.go` does not terminate execution after input-processing failures. [file:93]

The request flow is:

1. The handler calls `c.GetRawData()` to read the HTTP request body. [file:93]
2. If `GetRawData()` fails, the handler sends an HTTP 500 error response, but **does not return**. [file:93]
3. The handler then calls `openapi.Deserialize(policyDataSubscription, reqBody, "application/json")`. [file:93]
4. If deserialization fails, the handler sends an HTTP 400 error response, but again **does not return**. [file:93]
5. Execution continues and the handler still invokes `s.Processor().PolicyDataSubsToNotifyPostProcedure(c,policyDataSubscription)`. [file:93]

As a result, the endpoint operates in a fail-open manner: request processing may continue after fatal input validation or body handling errors, instead of being safely aborted. [file:93]

This differs from safer handlers in the same file, which use a helper pattern that explicitly returns on body read or deserialization failure before calling the corresponding processor routine. [file:93]

### Security Impact
This issue affects a write-capable API that creates Policy Data notification subscriptions. [file:93]  
Because execution continues after body read or parsing failure, the processor may receive an uninitialized, partially initialized, or otherwise unintended `PolicyDataSubscription` object. [file:93]

The exact runtime impact depends on downstream processor behavior and storage validation. [file:93]  
At minimum, this is a security-relevant robustness flaw that can lead to inconsistent request handling; under certain runtime conditions it may allow creation of invalid or unintended subscription state. [file:93]

### Reproduction Status
The code path has been statically confirmed. [file:93]  A complete runtime proof of unintended subscription creation after `GetRawData()` or deserialization failure has not yet been established. [file:93]

### Patch
The handler should immediately terminate after sending an error response for body read or deserialization failure. [file:93]

A minimal fix is to add missing `return` statements in `HandlePolicyDataSubsToNotifyPost`:

```go
reqBody, err := c.GetRawData()
if err != nil {
    logger.Da