01 Record
CVE-2026-1579
PX4 Autopilot Missing authentication for critical function
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: icscert
CNA base score9.3 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
PX4 Autopilot Missing authentication for critical function
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 61.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- 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
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-29.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-03-31 20:20Z7 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-03-31 20:36Z7 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-01-28
- Assigning CNA
- icscert
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- 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
- Weaknesses
- CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical FunctionBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- de1c1a6cbbee61a407ca688e42aa167aca19a8a724bfae3fc22e5031a3e3d082
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- docs.px4.iohttps://docs.px4.io/main/en/mavlink/security_hardening
- docs.px4.iohttps://docs.px4.io/main/en/mavlink/message_signing
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-090-02
- github.comhttps://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-090-02.json
07 Remediation
PX4 recommends enabling MAVLink 2.0 message signing as the authentication mechanism for all non‑USB communication links. PX4 has published a security hardening guide for integrators and manufacturers at https://docs.px4.io/main/en/mavlink/security_hardening Message signing configuration documentation can be found at https://docs.px4.io/main/en/mavlink/message_signing