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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-60122 (CVE-2026-60122)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-07-23 20:17 – Updated: 2026-08-17 21:17 – Source website

Details

gpsd through release-3.27.5, fixed at commit 4c06658, contains a code injection vulnerability in the gpsprof utility that allows an attacker who controls GPS input data to execute arbitrary OS commands by injecting malicious content into the SKY.satellites[].used field, which is inserted unsanitized into a gnuplot heredoc data block. Attackers can supply a used value containing the string EOD to terminate the heredoc early and append gnuplot system() calls, achieving OS command execution as the user running gpsprof when the generated plot script is processed by gnuplot in polar mode.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-60122	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-60122	REPORT
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gpsd-gpsprof…	REPORT

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CVE-2026-60122 (GCVE-0-2026-60122)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-23 19:18 – Updated: 2026-07-28 01:49 X_Open Source

Title

gpsd gpsprof Code Injection via SKY.satellites used Field

Summary

Severity

8.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-27 16:14 UTC

CWE

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://gitlab.com/gpsd/gpsd/-/work_items/406	issue-tracking
https://gitlab.com/gpsd/gpsd/-/commit/5a9c44a4213…	patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gpsd-gpsprof…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
gpsd	gpsd	Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.27.5 (semver) Unaffected: 5a9c44a42136b9bb98d460a8a716e9fd344a8d93 (git) cpe:2.3:a:gpsd_project:gpsd::::::::

Date Public

2026-07-23 00:00

Credits

CuB3y0nd VulnCheck

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