Vulnerability · Published Aug 10, 2026 · Assigned by TuranSec
CVE-2026-72577NASA fprime-gds - Missing Authentication and Path Traversal Enable Unauthenticated RCE and Spacecraft Command Injection
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity missing authentication in fprime-gds from NASA. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 30.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| NASA | fprime-gds | 0 – through 3.4.3 |
Weakness: CWE-306 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- Product third-party-advisory
- PyPI Package third-party-advisory
- Vulnerable File (updown) technical-description
- Vulnerable File (commands) technical-description