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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-32709

PX4 autopilot is a flight control solution for drones.

Published Mar 16, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · px4 drone autopilot

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-32709. 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
Medium6.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.34%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe dronecode/px4 drone autopilot

PX4 autopilot is a flight control solution for drones. Prior to 1.17.0-rc2, An unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in the PX4 Autopilot MAVLink FTP implementation allows any MAVLink peer to read, write, create, delete, and rename arbitrary files on the flight controller filesystem without authentication. On NuttX targets, the FTP root directory is an empty string, meaning attacker-supplied paths are passed directly to filesystem syscalls with no prefix or sanitization for read operations. On POSIX targets (Linux companion computers, SITL), the write-path validation function unconditionally returns true, providing no protection. A TOCTOU race condition in the write validation on NuttX further allows bypassing the only existing guard. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.17.0-rc2.

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  • cpe dronecode/px4 drone autopilot1.17.0

How to fix CVE-2026-32709

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-2026-32709. 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-22: Path Traversal. 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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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 16, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    PX4 autopilot is a flight control solution for drones. Prior to 1.17.0-rc2, An unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in the PX4 Autopilot MAVLink FTP implementation allows any MAVLink peer to read, write, create, delete, and rename arbitrary files on the flight controller filesystem without authentication. On NuttX targets, the FTP root directory is an empty string, meaning attacker-supplie

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    PX4 autopilot is a flight control solution for drones. Prior to 1.17.0-rc2, An unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in the PX4 Autopilot MAVLink FTP implementation allows any MAVLink peer to read, write, create, delete, and rename arbitrary files on the flight controller filesystem without authentication. On NuttX targets, the FTP root directory is an empty string, meaning attacker-supplie

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-32709

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-32709

    30-day exploitation probability 0.3%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-32709

    PX4 autopilot is a flight control solution for drones. Prior to 1.17.0-rc2, An unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in the PX4 Autopilot MAVLink FTP implementation allows any MAVLink peer to read, write, create, delete, and rename arbitrary files on the flight controller

    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.