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.
Published: 2026-09-04
Score: 6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 Use-After-Free via Temperature Calibration Task Startup
First Time appeared Px4
Px4 autopilot
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:px4:autopilot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Px4
Px4 autopilot
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-10T15:06:07.808Z

Reserved: 2026-09-04T22:17:28.470Z

Link: CVE-2026-86096

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-10T14:19:16.867Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-04T23:18:03.377

Modified: 2026-09-10T16:18:01.297

Link: CVE-2026-86096

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-05T01:45:17Z

Weaknesses