CVE-2026-5473 (GCVE-0-2026-5473)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-03 16:30 – Updated: 2026-04-06 14:51
VLAI
Title
NASA cFS Pickle pickle.load deserialization
Summary
A vulnerability has been found in NASA cFS up to 7.0.0. The impacted element is the function pickle.load of the component Pickle Module. Such manipulation leads to deserialization. The attack needs to be performed locally. The attack requires a high level of complexity. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Severity
2 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
4.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
4.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://vuldb.com/vuln/355077 vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/355077/cti signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/submit/781949 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/nasa/cFS/issues/951 issue-tracking
https://github.com/nasa/cFS/ product
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
NASA cFS Affected: 7.0
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Credits
0rbitingZer0 (VulDB User) VulDB CNA Team
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