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TI-2026-50835 Aliases CVE-2026-72577GHSA-p6w2-c4j5-7xhm

NASA fprime-gds - Missing Authentication and Path Traversal Enable Unauthenticated RCE and Spacecraft Command Injection

Priority MEDIUM 51CWE-306Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in NASA fprime-gds through 3.4.3 allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution on the ground station host and inject arbitrary commands to connected spacecraft. The Flask application in src/fprime_gds/flask/app.py applies no authentication to any endpoint.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01274 70th 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
Total

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
nasafprime-gdsup to 3.4.3—No fix listedCNA
  • fprime-gds Vendornasa Affected up to 3.4.3 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-2026-72577
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p6w2-c4j5-7xhm

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • 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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