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TI-2026-58897 Aliases CVE-2026-86096GHSA-9rqw-c6c2-rwvv

PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 Use-After-Free via Temperature Calibration Task Startup

Priority LOW 27CWE-416Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in TemperatureCalibration::start() due to a race condition between task spawning and object deletion. Attackers can trigger the calibration process via shell commands to write to freed heap memory, corrupting unrelated objects or allocator metadata and destabilizing heap operations.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00332 26th 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
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
PX4PX4-Autopilotup to 1.17.0—No fix listedCNA
  • PX4-Autopilot VendorPX4 Affected up to 1.17.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:dronecode:px4_drone_autopilot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Dronecode
  • cpe:2.3:a:dronecode:px4_drone_autopilot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Dronecode

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-86096
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9rqw-c6c2-rwvv

References

Patch 2

Other 2

  • TI-2023-24883 PX4-Autopilot Heap Buffer Overflow Bug CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-25200 Zenoh uORB Subscriber Allows Arbitrary Stack Allocation (PX4/PX4-Autopilot) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
  • TI-2026-25198 PX4 autopilot has a global buffer overflow in crsf_rc via oversized variable-length known packet CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2026-25197 PX4 autopilot BST Device Name Length Can Overflow Driver Buffer CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2026-65506 PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 Stack Exhaustion via tests file2 Command CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2026-59272 PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 Use-After-Free in load_mon CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
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Sources

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