CVE-2026-1579 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) affecting the MAVLink communication protocol, particularly in implementations like PX4 Autopilot, when MAVLink 2.0 message signing is not enabled. An unauthenticated attacker with network access to the MAVLink interface can send arbitrary commands, including SERIAL_CONTROL, to gain interactive shell access. This low-complexity attack allows for a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code available, the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage. Organizations utilizing MAVLink should immediately enable MAVLink 2.0 message signing to mitigate this severe risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:px4:autopilot:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.