CVE-2026-86097CWE-476

CVE-2026-86097

Medium · published September 5, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability in param_set_default_file() and param_set_backup_file() functions that allows attackers to crash the autopilot process. Attackers can invoke 'param select' or 'param select-backup' commands with no path argument from any PX4 shell to trigger the crash.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
7.1 · CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00244 · 15.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2026-09-05T03:18Z
References (5)
https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot · [email protected]https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/v1.17.0/src/lib/parameters/parameters.cpp · [email protected]https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/commit/02eabc08c9b8cb1de525070cacb7ea0c495136f6 · [email protected]https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/pull/28475 · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/px4-autopilot-through-1.17.0-null-pointer-dereference-via-param-select · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 SEP 03:33Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 04 SEP 22:38Z
    PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 Null Pointer Dereference via param select
    cvelistv5