Description
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.
Published: 2026-09-04
Score: 6 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 Use-After-Free via Temperature Calibration Task Startup
First Time appeared Px4
Px4 autopilot
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:px4:autopilot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Px4
Px4 autopilot
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Px4 Autopilot
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-04T22:38:46.695Z

Reserved: 2026-09-04T22:17:28.470Z

Link: CVE-2026-86096

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