Vulnerability · CVE-2026-5475
A vulnerability was determined in NASA cFS up to 7.0.0.
Published Apr 3, 2026 · catalog updated Jul 24, 2026 · core flight system
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-5475. EPSS is 0.33%. Act only if a listed version of core flight system is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium5.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.33%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe nasa/core flight system
A vulnerability was determined in NASA cFS up to 7.0.0. This impacts the function CFE_SB_TransmitMsg of the file cfe_sb_priv.c of the component CCSDS Header Size Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
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- cpe nasa/core flight systemversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-5475
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-2026-5475. EPSS is 0.33%. Act only if a listed version of core flight system is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-119: Buffer Overflow. EPSS 0.33%. 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.
Apr 3, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
A vulnerability was determined in NASA cFS up to 7.0.0. This impacts the function CFE_SB_TransmitMsg of the file cfe_sb_priv.c of the component CCSDS Header Size Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Jul 24, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
A vulnerability was determined in NASA cFS up to 7.0.0. This impacts the function CFE_SB_TransmitMsg of the file cfe_sb_priv.c of the component CCSDS Header Size Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-5475
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-5475
30-day exploitation probability 0.3%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-5475
A vulnerability was determined in NASA cFS up to 7.0.0. This impacts the function CFE_SB_TransmitMsg of the file cfe_sb_priv.c of the component CCSDS Header Size Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The project was informed of the problem early through
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.