CVE-2026-86096

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    CVE-2026-86096

    Published: 4 Sept 2026Last Modified: 12 Sept 2026

    Summary: PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 Use-After-Free via Temperature Calibration Task Startup

    Details: 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/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/86xxx/CVE-2026-86096.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86096, https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/px4-autopilot-through-1.17.0-use-after-free-via-temperature-calibration-task-startup, https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/commit/b182e523d154fe029a49b48bb5f9d3d6693bc6bb, https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/pull/28487, https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot, https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/v1.17.0/src/modules/temperature_compensation/temperature_calibration/task.cpp

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -d6f12ad1c4f70ad3230afd7d86e971421e02fef4

    Affected versions

    v1.18.0-beta1
    v1.18.0-alpha1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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