CVE-2026-5473: nasa cfs Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-5473 is a high (CVSS 7.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in nasa cfs. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 03-04-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A vulnerability has been found in NASA cFS up to 7.0.0. The impacted element is the function pickle.load of the component Pickle Module. Such manipulation leads to deserialization. The attack needs to be performed locally. The attack requires a high level of complexity. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
CVSS metrics
7 scores · 2 sources · 4 versions- NVDNIST1.1LowCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XDiffers
- CVE.orgCNA4.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:RDiffers
- NVDNIST3.5LowAV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS trend
Probability
0.36%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
28%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.13 pp
From 0.22% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationThe product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
- CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted DataThe product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.
Affected systems
Nasa2 products
- cfs7.0
- core_flight_system≤ 7.0.0
1 vendor · 2 products
References
5 links- github.com/nasa/cFS/issues/951Issue Tracking
- github.com/nasa/cFS/Product