Medium severity · published Mar 18, 2026
CVE-2026-32743
PX4 Autopilot: Stack-based Buffer Overflow via Oversized Path Input in MAVLink Log Request Handling
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
PX4 is an open-source autopilot stack for drones and unmanned vehicles. Versions 1.17.0-rc2 and below are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow through the MavlinkLogHandler, and are triggered via MAVLink log request. The LogEntry.filepath buffer is 60 bytes, but the sscanf function parses paths from the log list file with no width specifier, allowing a path longer than 60 characters to overflow the buffer. An attacker with MAVLink link access can trigger this by first creating deeply nested directories via MAVLink FTP, then requesting the log list. The flight controller MAVLink task crashes, losing telemetry and command capability and causing DoS. This issue has been fixed in this commit: https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/commit/616b25a280e229c24d5cf12a03dbf248df89c474.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PX
PX4-Autopilot · PX4
<= 1.17.0-rc2 · source: vendor
PD
Px4 Drone Autopilot · Dronecode
before 1.17.0; 1.17.0; 1.17.0; 1.17.0; 1.17.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32743
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-32743
Patch
https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/commit/616b25a280e229c24d5cf12a03dbf248df89c474
Exploit
https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/security/advisories/GHSA-97c4-68r9-96p5
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