Missing authentication in SpaceX Starlink Dish
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
SpaceX Starlink Dish devices with firmware 2024.12.04.mr46620 (e.g., on Mini1_prod2) allow administrative actions via unauthenticated LAN gRPC requests, aka MARMALADE 2. The cross-origin policy can be bypassed by omitting a Referer header. In some cases, an attacker's ability to read tilt, rotation, and elevation data via gRPC can make it easier to infer the geographical location of the dish. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier because unauthenticated LAN gRPC is intended behavior for certain mobile app integration, and because the cross-origin policy is correctly enforced for gRPC-Web (port 9201), i.e., it is not a valid vulnerability report.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Starlink Dish (SpaceX) Fixed in 21.08.24
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-67780
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-58hv-vhq9-gfvr
References
More SpaceX vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-16149 SpaceX Starlink Router Gen 3 gRPC Management get_status access control CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-67780 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-67780 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-58hv-vhq9-gfvr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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