CVE-2026-102809
MEDIUMCVSS 6.5Description
PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 contains an uncontrolled stack allocation vulnerability in the file2 test command that fails to validate the write chunk size parameter. Attackers with shell access can supply an excessively large value to the -c option to trigger stack overflow and crash the flight controller.
Timeline
Published:September 29th, 2026 6:17 PM
Last modified:September 30th, 2026 5:23 PM
CVSS Scoring
CVSS v3: 6.5 (MEDIUM)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
References & Reports
Advisories, patches, and third-party reports
- https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot
- https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/d6f12ad1c4f70ad3230afd7d86e971421e02fef4/src/systemcmds/tests/test_file2.c#L86-L130
- https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/commit/46a77d8ad15e7929ef261c41083dffd1bbfa9f85
- https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/pull/28586
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/px4-autopilot-through-1.17.0-stack-exhaustion-via-tests-file2-command
- https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/pull/28586
Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute