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.
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| 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. | |
| Title | gpsd gpsprof Code Injection via SKY.satellites used Field | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-94 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-07-23T19:18:14.138Z
Updated: 2026-07-27T16:19:32.400Z
Reserved: 2026-07-08T13:27:53.031Z
Link: CVE-2026-60122
Updated: 2026-07-27T16:14:50.688Z
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