CVE-2026-86714: px4 px4-autopilot Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-86714 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in px4 px4-autopilot. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 08-09-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 14-09-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 contains a stack buffer over-read vulnerability in the netman system command that fails to validate interface name length. Attackers can supply interface names of 74 bytes or more via the -i option to read beyond buffer boundaries, leaking stack memory to console output or writing it into persistent network configuration files.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST5.3MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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:X
- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
EPSS trend
Probability
0.33%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
25%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.12 pp
From 0.21% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Px41 product
- px4-autopilot≤ 1.17.0
1 vendor · 1 product
References
5 links- github.com/PX4/PX4-AutopilotProduct
- github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/v1.17.0/src/systemcmds/netman/netman.cppTechnical Description