FKIE_CVE-2026-32724

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-16 14:19 - Updated: 2026-03-16 18:33
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
PX4 autopilot is a flight control solution for drones. Prior to 1.17.0-rc1, a heap-use-after-free is detected in the MavlinkShell::available() function. The issue is caused by a race condition between the MAVLink receiver thread (which handles shell creation/destruction) and the telemetry sender thread (which polls the shell for available output). The issue is remotely triggerable via MAVLink SERIAL_CONTROL messages (ID 126), which can be sent by an external ground station or automated script. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.17.0-rc1.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/security/advisories/GHSA-j5w2-w79c-mqrwExploit, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
dronecode px4_drone_autopilot *
dronecode px4_drone_autopilot 1.17.0
dronecode px4_drone_autopilot 1.17.0
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