CVE-2025-71409CWE-306
CVE-2025-71409
High · published August 7, 2026
What it is
Lack of authentication for Very High Frequency Data Link messages allows rogue ground stations to inject CPDLC messages leading to unexpected or misleading clearances and potential pilot confusion. This type of attack can be carried out remotely over radio frequency.
The record
Technical detail
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.1 · HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
- CVSS v4.0
- Not supplied
- EPSS
- 0.00329 · 24.8th percentile
- Weakness
- CWE-306 · Missing Authentication for Critical Function
- Published
- 2026-08-07T23:17Z
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