Upstream information

CVE-2026-60122 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (VulnCheck) SUSE
Base Score 7.8 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (VulnCheck) SUSE
Base Score 8.5 8.5
Vector 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X 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
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Attack Requirements None None
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Passive Passive
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1280016 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 10
  • gpsd >= 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.2
  • gpsd-clients >= 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.2
  • python3-gpsd >= 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.2
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2026:65162 (x86_64)
SUSE Liberty Linux 9
  • gpsd-minimal >= 1:3.26.1-2.el9_8.2
  • gpsd-minimal-clients >= 1:3.26.1-2.el9_8.2
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2026:65606 (x86_64)

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Sep 10 20:59:16 2026
CVE page last modified: Sat Sep 12 12:37:18 2026