Vulnerability · Published Jul 30, 2026 · Assigned by icscert

CVE-2026-18064NASA Core Flight System (cFS) Health & Safety (HS) Application NULL Pointer Dereference

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity null pointer dereference in Core Flight System (cFS) Health & Safety (HS) Application from NASA. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An incomplete fix for CVE-2026-15352 in the NASA core Flight System (cFS) Health and Safety (HS) application leaves a separate NULL pointer dereference reachable in versions through 7.0.1. An attacker who can trigger the affected command under specific conditions could cause the HS application to crash, resulting in a denial-of-service condition and processor reset.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
NASA Core Flight System (cFS) Health & Safety (HS) Application 0 – through v7.0.1

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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