CVE-2026-58459CWE-78

gpsd gpsprof Command Injection via gnuplot plot title subtype field

High · published July 9, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.4
EPSS
3%
Percentile
86.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

gpsd through release-3.27.5, fixed at commit 4c06658, contains a command injection vulnerability in gpsprof that allows attackers who control the GPS device subtype value to execute arbitrary shell commands by embedding backtick payloads in the gnuplot plot title without proper escaping. The subtype field sourced from a DEVICES JSON log entry or NMEA PGRMT sentence is written into a generated gnuplot program via a set title statement with only double-quote characters escaped, enabling arbitrary shell command execution as the user running gnuplot when the victim renders the generated plot through the gpsprof and gnuplot workflow.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.02862 · 86.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Published
2026-07-09T16:14Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 JUL 16:14Z
    gpsd gpsprof Command Injection via gnuplot plot title subtype field
    cvelistv5