CVE-2026-58459
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://github.com/ntpsec/gpsd/commit/1a6bb7bcbdf58aa940132e630870af061dc88537
- https://github.com/ntpsec/gpsd/commit/4c06658e988f4ced1a7a574ce082a22ef625df56
- https://github.com/ntpsec/gpsd/commit/5581ba196d826a984fbfaf792b7d58535f9911ce
- https://gitlab.com/gpsd/gpsd/-/work_items/404#note_3534119267
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gpsd-gpsprof-command-injection-via-gnuplot-plot-title-subtype-field
CWEs
CWE-78
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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