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TI-2026-14873 Aliases CVE-2026-18064GHSA-cwcv-w3jg-jv76

NASA Core Flight System (cFS) Health & Safety (HS) Application NULL Pointer Dereference

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-476Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

An incomplete fix for CVE-2026-15352 in the NASA core Flight System (cFS) Health and Safety (HS) application leaves a separate NULL pointer dereference reachable in versions through 7.0.1. An attacker who can trigger the affected command under specific conditions could cause the HS application to crash, resulting in a denial-of-service condition and processor reset.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00609 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
nasaCore Flight System (cFS) Health & Safety (HS) Applicationup to v7.0.1—No fix listedCNA
  • Core Flight System (cFS) Health & Safety (HS) Application Vendornasa Affected up to v7.0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-18064
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cwcv-w3jg-jv76

References

Other 3

  • TI-2025-21552 CryptoLib Has Heap Overflow in Crypto_TM_ProcessSecurity due to Unchecked Secondary Header Length CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
  • TI-2025-18986 The Memory Management Module of NASA cFS (Core Flight System) Aquila has insecure… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-36754 A command injection vulnerability in the Command Dispatcher Service of NASA Fprime v3.4.3… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-36752 A template injection vulnerability in the Dashboard of NASA Fprime v3.4.3 allows… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-42833 AIT-DSN < 2.2.2 Missing Authentication via SLE API Routes CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2025-21662 Heap Buffer Overflow via Incomplete Length Check in `Crypto_TC_ApplySecurity` CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
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Sources

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