Vulnerability · CVE-2026-32743
PX4 is an open-source autopilot stack for drones and unmanned vehicles.
Published Mar 19, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · px4 drone autopilot
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-32743. EPSS is 0.34%. Act only if a listed version of px4 drone autopilot is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium6.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.34%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe dronecode/px4 drone autopilot
PX4 is an open-source autopilot stack for drones and unmanned vehicles. Versions 1.17.0-rc2 and below are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow through the MavlinkLogHandler, and are triggered via MAVLink log request. The LogEntry.filepath buffer is 60 bytes, but the sscanf function parses paths from the log list file with no width specifier, allowing a path longer than 60 characters to overflow the buffer. An attacker with MAVLink link access can trigger this by first creating deeply nested directories via MAVLink FTP, then requesting the log list. The flight controller MAVLink task crashes, losing telemetry and command capability and causing DoS. This issue has been fixed in this commit: https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/commit/616b25a280e229c24d5cf12a03dbf248df89c474.
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- cpe dronecode/px4 drone autopilot1.17.0
How to fix CVE-2026-32743
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-32743. EPSS is 0.34%. Act only if a listed version of px4 drone autopilot is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with dronecode/px4 drone autopilot 1.17.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow. EPSS 0.34%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Mar 19, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
PX4 is an open-source autopilot stack for drones and unmanned vehicles. Versions 1.17.0-rc2 and below are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow through the MavlinkLogHandler, and are triggered via MAVLink log request. The LogEntry.filepath buffer is 60 bytes, but the sscanf function parses paths from the log list file with no width specifier, allowing a path longer than 60 characters to overfl
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
PX4 is an open-source autopilot stack for drones and unmanned vehicles. Versions 1.17.0-rc2 and below are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow through the MavlinkLogHandler, and are triggered via MAVLink log request. The LogEntry.filepath buffer is 60 bytes, but the sscanf function parses paths from the log list file with no width specifier, allowing a path longer than 60 characters to overfl
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-32743
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-32743
30-day exploitation probability 0.3%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-32743
PX4 is an open-source autopilot stack for drones and unmanned vehicles. Versions 1.17.0-rc2 and below are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow through the MavlinkLogHandler, and are triggered via MAVLink log request. The LogEntry.filepath buffer is 60 bytes, but the sscanf f
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.