Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-86713 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-86713 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-86713?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.1, published 8 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Px4 Autopilot through 1.17.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-86713?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-86713 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in device firmware.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-86713?
- Check whether you run Px4 Autopilot at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the load_mon module's stop path where exit_and_cleanup() deletes the LoadMon object and frees the performance counter before perf_end() attempts to access it. An attacker with access to any PXH or MAVLink shell can trigger this by issuing the load_mon stop command, causing reads and writes through freed memory that corrupt heap objects and destabilize the flight stack. The vulnerability affects PX4 Autopilot through version 1.17.0. Patch availability is not indicated in the advisory.
Affected products
- PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0
Timeline
- 2026-09-08: disclosed