CVE-2026-38971

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-38971
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-38971.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-38971
Published
2026-07-02T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-08-12T03:51:10.095956831Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

ardupilot through Plane-4.6.3 was found to contain an out-of-bounds read issue in libraries/GCSMAVLink/GCSserialcontrol.cpp in GCSMAVLINK::handleserialcontrol().

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "mitre",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/38xxx/CVE-2026-38971.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/ardupilot/ardupilot

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/ardupilot/ardupilot
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
3fc7011a7d3dc047cbb17d8bd98ee94577d144c6
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "source": [
        "DESCRIPTION",
        "CPE_RANGE"
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:ardupilot:arduplane:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "Plane-4.6.3"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.6.3"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

-2.*
-2.69
-2.70
-2.72
-2.74
-2.74b
-2.75
-2.78
-2.78b
-3.*
-3.0.0
-3.0.1
-3.0.2
-3.0.3
-3.1.0
-3.2.0
-3.3.0
-3.5.1
-3.5.2
-3.6.0
-3.7.0
-3.7.0-beta1
Other
AION-Orca-Alpha1
AION-Orca-Alpha2
MattPilot-Branched
ORCA-VTOL
work
working
APMrover2-2.*
APMrover2-2.44
APMrover2-2.45
APMrover2-2.46
APMrover2-2.49
APMrover2-2.50
APMrover2-3.*
APMrover2-3.0.0
APMrover2-3.1.0
AP_Periph-1.*
AP_Periph-1.0.0
AP_Periph-1.5.0
ArduCopter-3.*
ArduCopter-3.0-rc1
ArduCopter-3.0-rc2
ArduCopter-3.0-rc3
ArduCopter-3.0-rc4
ArduCopter-3.1.0-rc1
ArduCopter-3.1.0-rc2
ArduCopter-3.1.0-rc3
ArduCopter-3.1.0-rc4
ArduCopter-3.1.0-rc5
ArduCopter-3.1.0-rc6
ArduCopter-3.1.0-rc7
ArduPilot-4.*
ArduPilot-4.6.0-beta1
ArduPilot-4.6.0-beta2
ArduPlane-2.*
ArduPlane-2.69
ArduPlane-2.70
ArduPlane-2.72
ArduPlane-2.74
ArduPlane-2.74b
ArduPlane-2.75
ArduPlane-2.78
ArduPlane-2.78b
ArduPlane-3.*
ArduPlane-3.0.0
ArduPlane-3.0.1
ArduPlane-3.0.2
ArduPlane-3.0.3
ArduPlane-3.1.0
ArduPlane-3.2.0
ArduPlane-3.3.0
ArduPlane-3.5.1
ArduPlane-3.5.2
ArduPlane-3.6.0
ArduPlane-3.7.0
ArduPlane-3.7.0-beta1
Copter-3.*
Copter-3.3-rc5
Copter-4.*
Copter-4.6.0
Copter-4.6.1
Copter-4.6.2
Plane-4.*
Plane-4.6.0
Plane-4.6.1
Plane-4.6.2
Rover-4.*
Rover-4.6.0
Rover-4.6.1
Rover-4.6.2
Tracker-4.*
Tracker-4.6.0
Tracker-4.6.1
Tracker-4.6.2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-38971.json"