Vulnerability · Published Aug 24, 2026 · Assigned by CIRCL

CVE-2026-78251DJI Drone FTP Service Allows Unrestricted Storage Consumption of the /blackbox Directory

Critical 9.3

In plain English

A critical-severity hard-coded credentials in Air 3 from DJI. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)9.3Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 65.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

DJI drones contain an FTP service that uses hardcoded credentials shared across affected models and permits authenticated users to upload files without limits on file size, file count, or total storage consumed in **/blackbox/upgrade/**, as well as overwrite existing files in that directory. An attacker with access to the drone's internal network or USB RNDIS interface can exhaust the available storage, preventing the aircraft from writing flight records, logs, and telemetry and potentially preventing subsequent firmware updates. Uploaded files persist across reboot and factory reset. Affected models are DJI Neo until 01.00.0400, DJI Neo 2 until 01.00.0500, DJI Flip until 01.00.1200, DJI Air 3 until 01.00.1600, DJI Air 3S until 01.00.1400, DJI Avata 2 until 01.00.0400, DJI Avata 360 until 01.00.0300, DJI Mavic 3 until 01.00.1400, DJI Mavic 3 Classic until 01.00.0800, DJI Mavic 3 Pro until 01.01.0700, DJI Mavic 4 Pro until 01.00.0500, DJI Mini 2 until 01.07.0200, DJI Mini 3 until 01.00.0500, DJI Mini 3 Pro until 01.00.0900, DJI Mini 4 Pro until 01.00.1100, and DJI Mini 5 Pro until 01.00.0600. Remediation requires a firmware update from the vendor.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
DJI Neo 0 – through 01.00.0400
DJI Neo 2 0 – through 01.00.0500
DJI Flip 0 – through 01.00.1200
DJI Air 3 0 – through 01.00.1600
DJI Air 3S 0 – through 01.00.1400
DJI Avata 2 0 – through 01.00.0400
DJI Avata 360 0 – through 01.00.0300
DJI Mavic 3 0 – through 01.00.1400
DJI Mavic 3 Classic 0 – through 01.00.0800
DJI Mavic 3 Pro 0 – through 01.01.0700
DJI Mavic 4 Pro 0 – through 01.00.0500
DJI Mini 2 0 – through 01.07.0200
DJI Mini 3 0 – through 01.00.0500
DJI Mini 3 Pro 0 – through 01.00.0900
DJI Mini 4 Pro 0 – through 01.00.1100
DJI Mini 5 Pro 0 – through 01.00.0600

Weakness: CWE-798 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

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