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CVE-2026-86097: px4 px4-autopilot NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 7.1v4.0HighAwaiting analysis
Published 04-09-2026Last modified 08-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-86097 is a high (CVSS 7.1) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in px4 px4-autopilot. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · +0.15 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability in param_set_default_file() and param_set_backup_file() functions that allows attackers to crash the autopilot process. Attackers can invoke 'param select' or 'param select-backup' commands with no path argument from any PX4 shell to trigger the crash.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

32%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.15 pp

From 0.24% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Px41 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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