CVE-2026-72577 json
NASA fprime-gds - Missing Authentication and Path Traversal Enable Unauthenticated RCE and Spacecraft Command Injection
published 2026-08-10 2 mo ago modified 2026-10-24 16 d ago also EUVD-2026-55229
- cvss
- 9.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.3%
- EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities in NASA fprime-gds through 3.4.3 allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution on the ground station host and inject arbitrary commands to connected spacecraft. The Flask application in src/fprime_gds/flask/app.py applies no authentication to any endpoint.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2 mo ago
Exploit prediction
1.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- NASA fprime-gds
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
References
-
github.com
/nasa/fprime-gds
third-party-advisory
-
pypi.org
/project/fprime-gds/
third-party-advisory
-
github.com
/nasa/fprime-gds/blob/main/src/fprime_gds/flask/updown.py
technical-description
-
github.com
/nasa/fprime-gds/blob/main/src/fprime_gds/flask/commands.py
technical-description
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-72577
- NVD CVE-2026-72577
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