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CVE-2026-86097 (GCVE-0-2026-86097)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-04 22:38 – Updated: 2026-09-08 13:02
VLAI
Title
PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 Null Pointer Dereference via param select
Summary
PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability in param_set_default_file() and param_set_backup_file() functions that allows attackers to crash the autopilot process. Attackers can invoke 'param select' or 'param select-backup' commands with no path argument from any PX4 shell to trigger the crash.
Severity
7.1 (High)
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
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-08 13:02 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
PX4 PX4-Autopilot Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.17.0 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:px4:autopilot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-08-31 00:00
Credits
Xiaoyang Chen
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