CVE-2026-72577 NASA fprime-gds - Missing Authentication and Path Traversal Enable Unauthenticated RCE and Spacecraft Command Injection
Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code on the ground station and inject commands to spacecraft due to missing authentication and path traversal flaws.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-72577?
CVE-2026-72577 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in NASA fprime-gds, published on 10 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-306
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-72577?
How do I fix CVE-2026-72577?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-72577 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-72577 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72577 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p6w2-c4j5-7xhm.