CVE-2026-86096PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 Use-After-Free via Temperature Calibration Task Startup
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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
- 5.9 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-416
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Sep 10, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
PX4 PX4-Autopilot px4:autopilot (from the name) | through 1.17.0 | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/pull/28487patch, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/commit/b182e523d154fe029a49b48bb5f9d3d6693bc6bbpatch
- https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilotproduct
- https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/v1.17.0/src/modules/temperature_compensation/temperature_calibration/task.cpptechnical-description
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/px4-autopilot-through-1.17.0-use-after-free-via-temperature-calibration-task-startupthird-party-advisory
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