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CVE-2026-58459

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

Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:f8e28bef47ccb6edb2deea66563bb443555ded8bc4a78ca0ff4a494b9bf4bb90

Known exploited

Not asserted

Disputed

Stale source

Conflicts

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 2 assertions

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cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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Affected products and versions

1 source assertion

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cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions

cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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CWE assertions

1 source assertion

{"cweId":"CWE-78","description":"Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Source references

5 source assertions

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cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"name":"Patch Commit (3)","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/ntpsec/gpsd/commit/4c06658e988f4ced1a7a574ce082a22ef625df56"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"name":"Patch Commit (1)","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/ntpsec/gpsd/commit/5581ba196d826a984fbfaf792b7d58535f9911ce"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"tags":["issue-tracking"],"url":"https://gitlab.com/gpsd/gpsd/-/work_items/404#note_3534119267"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gpsd-gpsprof-command-injection-via-gnuplot-plot-title-subtype-field"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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Attribution and limitations

CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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