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CVE-2026-58459

gpsd gpsprof Command Injection via gnuplot plot title subtype field

Published: Jul 9, 2026Updated: Jul 14, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-78
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.8%
Top 23.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

gpsd through release-3.27.5, fixed at commit 4c06658, contains a command injection vulnerability in gpsprof that allows attackers who control the GPS device subtype value to execute arbitrary shell commands by embedding backtick payloads in the gnuplot plot title without proper escaping. The subtype field sourced from a DEVICES JSON log entry or NMEA PGRMT sentence is written into a generated gnuplot program via a set title statement with only double-quote characters escaped, enabling arbitrary shell command execution as the user running gnuplot when the victim renders the generated plot through the gpsprof and gnuplot workflow.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected Products

ntpsec
oss-projectaka ntp-sec
gpsdOn-prem
Networking Infrastructure / dns-dhcp-ntp
gpsd project
oss-projectaka gpsd
gpsdMixed
OSS Libraries / generic-library

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://gitlab.com/gpsd/gpsd/-/work_items/404#note_3534119267
gitlab.com
https://github.com/ntpsec/gpsd/commit/5581ba196d826a984fbfaf792b7d58535f9911ce
github.com
https://github.com/ntpsec/gpsd/commit/1a6bb7bcbdf58aa940132e630870af061dc88537
github.com
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