critical
CVE-2026-58459
gpsd: gpsd: Command Injection via GPS device subtype allows arbitrary code execution
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), AlmaLinux (high), Oracle (high), Rocky Linux (high).
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.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alma 10 | gpsd, gpsd-clients, python3-gpsd | 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.1 |
| alma 9 | gpsd-minimal, gpsd-minimal-clients | 1:3.26.1-2.el9_8.1 |
| debian 11 | gpsd | no fix listed |
| debian 12 | gpsd | no fix listed |
| debian 13 | gpsd | 3.25-5+deb13u2 |
| debian 14 | gpsd | 3.27.5-1 |
| echo | gpsd | 3.25-5+deb13u2 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | gpsd-minimal, gpsd-minimal-clients | 1:3.26.1-2.0.1.el9_8.1 |
| rapidfort alma 10 | gpsd, gpsd-clients, python3-gpsd | 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.1 |
| rapidfort alma 9 | gpsd-minimal, gpsd-minimal-clients | 1:3.26.1-2.el9_8.1 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.20 | gpsd | no fix listed |
| rapidfort alpine 3.21 | gpsd | no fix listed |
Show all 48 entries from 26 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alma 10 | gpsd | 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.1 |
| alma 10 | gpsd-clients | 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.1 |
| alma 10 | python3-gpsd | 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.1 |
| alma 9 | gpsd-minimal | 1:3.26.1-2.el9_8.1 |
| alma 9 | gpsd-minimal-clients | 1:3.26.1-2.el9_8.1 |
| debian 11 | gpsd | no fix listed |
| debian 12 | gpsd | no fix listed |
| debian 13 | gpsd | 3.25-5+deb13u2 |
| debian 14 | gpsd | 3.27.5-1 |
| echo | gpsd | 3.25-5+deb13u2 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | gpsd-minimal | 1:3.26.1-2.0.1.el9_8.1 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | gpsd-minimal-clients | 1:3.26.1-2.0.1.el9_8.1 |
| rapidfort alma 10 | gpsd | 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.1 |
| rapidfort alma 10 | gpsd-clients | 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.1 |
| rapidfort alma 10 | python3-gpsd | 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.1 |
| rapidfort alma 9 | gpsd-minimal | 1:3.26.1-2.el9_8.1 |
| rapidfort alma 9 | gpsd-minimal-clients | 1:3.26.1-2.el9_8.1 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.20 | gpsd | no fix listed |
| rapidfort alpine 3.21 | gpsd | no fix listed |
| rapidfort alpine 3.22 | gpsd | no fix listed |
| rapidfort alpine 3.23 | gpsd | no fix listed |
| rapidfort alpine 3.24 | gpsd | no fix listed |
| rapidfort debian 12 | gpsd | 0:3.25-5+deb13u2, 0:3.27.5-1 |
| rapidfort debian 13 | gpsd | 0:3.25-5+deb13u2, 0:3.27.5-1 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | gpsd | 1:3.26.1-7.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | gpsd-clients | 1:3.26.1-7.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | gpsd-compat | 1:3.26.1-7.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | gpsd-devel | 1:3.26.1-7.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | gpsd-libs | 1:3.26.1-7.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | gpsd-qt | 1:3.26.1-7.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | gpsd-qt-devel | 1:3.26.1-7.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | gpsd-xclients | 1:3.26.1-7.fc43 |
| rapidfort fedora 43 | python3-gpsd | 1:3.26.1-7.fc43 |
| rapidfort Oracle Linux 10 | gpsd | 1:3.26.1-3.0.1.el10_2.1 |
| rapidfort Oracle Linux 10 | gpsd-clients | 1:3.26.1-3.0.1.el10_2.1 |
| rapidfort Oracle Linux 10 | python3-gpsd | 1:3.26.1-3.0.1.el10_2.1 |
| rapidfort Oracle Linux 9 | gpsd-minimal | 1:3.26.1-2.0.1.el9_8.1 |
| rapidfort Oracle Linux 9 | gpsd-minimal-clients | 1:3.26.1-2.0.1.el9_8.1 |
| rapidfort rocky 9 | gpsd-minimal | 1:3.26.1-2.el9_8.1 |
| rapidfort rocky 9 | gpsd-minimal-clients | 1:3.26.1-2.el9_8.1 |
| rapidfort ubuntu 20.04 | gpsd | 0:3.27.5-1 |
| rapidfort ubuntu 22.04 | gpsd | 0:3.27.5-1 |
| rapidfort ubuntu 24.04 | gpsd | 0:3.27.5-1 |
| rocky 10 | gpsd | 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.1 |
| rocky 10 | gpsd-clients | 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.1 |
| rocky 10 | python3-gpsd | 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.1 |
| rocky 9 | gpsd-minimal | 1:3.26.1-2.el9_8.1 |
| rocky 9 | gpsd-minimal-clients | 1:3.26.1-2.el9_8.1 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:51153
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-58459
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2498575
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2498575
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-58459
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-51153.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:51153
All 17 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://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-58459.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-51153.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-58459
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-58459
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gpsd-gpsprof-command-injection-via-gnuplot-plot-title-subtype-field