CVE-2026-60122 | gpsd through release-3.27.5, fixed at commit 4c06658, contai… | CVSS 7.8 HIGH

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-60122
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 2026-07-08 13:27 UTC
Published: 2026-07-23 19:18 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-23 19:18 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Vendor / Product: gpsd / gpsd
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

7.8 HIGH CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
gpsd	gpsd	—	0 ≤ 3.27.5, 5a9c44a42136b9bb98d460a8a716e9fd344a8d93

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-94	cna	Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CVSS scores (2)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
8.5	HIGH	4.0	cna	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
7.8	HIGH	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (3)