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Medium 5.3Published Mar 13, 2026

CVE-2026-32724PX4 autopilot has a heap Use-After-Free in MavlinkShell::available() via SERIAL_CONTROL Race Condition

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It affects PX4-Autopilot and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

PX4 autopilot is a flight control solution for drones. Prior to 1.17.0-rc1, a heap-use-after-free is detected in the MavlinkShell::available() function. The issue is caused by a race condition between the MAVLink receiver thread (which handles shell creation/destruction) and the telemetry sender thread (which polls the shell for available output). The issue is remotely triggerable via MAVLink SERIAL_CONTROL messages (ID 126), which can be sent by an external ground station or automated script. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.17.0-rc1.

CVSS
5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-416
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
GitHub_M
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Mar 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
PX4 PX4-Autopilot
px4:autopilot (from the name)
before 1.17.0-rc1
CNA record
dronecode px4_drone_autopilot
dronecode:px4_drone_autopilot
before 1.17.0; 1.17.0; 1.17.0
NVD

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