{"id":"CVE-2026-102809","title":"PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 contains an uncontrolled stack allocation vulnerability in the file2 test command that fails to validate the write chunk size parameter","summary":"PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 contains an uncontrolled stack allocation vulnerability in the file2 test command that fails to validate the write chunk size parameter. Attackers with shell access can supply an excessively large value to th…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-789"],"vendor":"PX4","product":"PX4-Autopilot","affected":["PX4-Autopilot <= 1.17.0"],"published":"2026-09-29","updated":"2026-09-29","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-29T19:17:23.657","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102809","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/d6f12ad1c4f70ad3230afd7d86e971421e02fef4/src/systemcmds/tests/test_file2.c#L86-L130","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/commit/46a77d8ad15e7929ef261c41083dffd1bbfa9f85","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/pull/28586","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/px4-autopilot-through-1.17.0-stack-exhaustion-via-tests-file2-command","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/pull/28586","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","exploit-available"],"exploitAvailable":true,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-29T18:13:24.208499Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-29T17:41:02.257Z","slug":"CVE-2026-102809","body":"## Overview\n\nPX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 contains an uncontrolled stack allocation vulnerability in the file2 test command that fails to validate the write chunk size parameter. Attackers with shell access can supply an excessively large value to the -c option to trigger stack overflow and crash the flight controller.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":48,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":212905,"id":"CVE-2026-102809","ts":1790707412761,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}