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CVE-2026-86096 MEDIUM

Published: 2026-09-04 | Last Modified: 2026-09-04 | Status: Received

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 5.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Attack VectorADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack ComplexityHIGH
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactNONE
Integrity ImpactLOW
Availability ImpactHIGH

Source: [email protected]

Type: Primary

Exploitability Score: 1.6

Impact Score: 4.2

Base Score: 6.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack VectorADJACENT
Attack ComplexityHIGH
Attack RequirementsPRESENT
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
Vulnerability ConfidentialityNONE
Vulnerability IntegrityLOW
Vulnerability AvailabilityHIGH
Subsequent ConfidentialityNONE
Subsequent IntegrityNONE
Subsequent AvailabilityNONE

Source: [email protected]

Type: Secondary

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Primary
en CWE-416
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