MEDIUM 6.0 NVD
CVE-2026-86096
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
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.
References
- https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot
- https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/v1.17.0/src/modules/temperature_compensation/tem
- https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/commit/b182e523d154fe029a49b48bb5f9d3d6693bc6bb
- https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/pull/28487
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/px4-autopilot-through-1.17.0-use-after-free-via-tempe
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.0 was published on 2026-09-04 via NVD.
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