CVE-2026-86097

PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 Null Pointer Dereference via param select

Published: Sep 4, 2026Updated: Sep 10, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-476

6.5MEDIUM

Description

PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability in param_set_default_file() and param_set_backup_file() functions that allows attackers to crash the autopilot process. Attackers can invoke 'param select' or 'param select-backup' commands with no path argument from any PX4 shell to trigger the crash.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:AAttack Vector

Adjacent

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected Products

PX4

oss-projectaka mavlink, px4-autopilot, autopilot

PX4-AutopilotEmbedded

ICS / OT / IoT / industrial-network

Exploitability

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References

https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot

github.com

https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/v1.17.0/src/lib/parameters/parameters.cpp

github.com

https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/commit/02eabc08c9b8cb1de525070cacb7ea0c495136f6

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