CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-58459
8.4 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-07-09
- Last modified
- 2026-10-25
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 8.4 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/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
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.6 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Description
gpsd through release-3.27.5, fixed at commit 4c06658, contains a command injection vulnerability in gpsprof that allows attackers who control the GPS device subtype value to execute arbitrary shell commands by embedding backtick payloads in the gnuplot plot title without proper escaping. The subtype field sourced from a DEVICES JSON log entry or NMEA PGRMT sentence is written into a generated gnuplot program via a set title statement with only double-quote characters escaped, enabling arbitrary shell command execution as the user running gnuplot when the victim renders the generated plot through the gpsprof and gnuplot workflow.
Affected configurations
• gpsd project gpsd (<= 3.27.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://github.com/ntpsec/gpsd/commit/1a6bb7bcbdf58aa940132e630870af061dc88537 Patch
- https://github.com/ntpsec/gpsd/commit/4c06658e988f4ced1a7a574ce082a22ef625df56 Patch
- https://github.com/ntpsec/gpsd/commit/5581ba196d826a984fbfaf792b7d58535f9911ce Patch
- https://gitlab.com/gpsd/gpsd/-/work_items/404#note_3534119267 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gpsd-gpsprof-command-injection-via-gnuplot-plot-title-subtype-field Third Party Advisory