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CVE-2026-102808: PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 NULL Pointer Dereference via sd_stress

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-29 · updated 2026-10-02
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the sd_stress command where the -b byte count parameter is parsed without validation before being passed to malloc() and memset(). Attackers with shell access, including through MAVLink, can supply invalid byte count values to crash the flight controller.

Affected products

• PX4-Autopilot: through 1.17.0

References

• https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot
• https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/d6f12ad1c4f70ad3230afd7d86e971421e02fef4/src/systemcmds/sd_stress/sd_stress.cpp#L186-L204
• https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/commit/c865dc9fde14d1391916775153aa271603c3c592
• https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/pull/28795
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/px4-autopilot-through-1.17.0-null-pointer-dereference-via-sd-stress

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