gpsd up to 3.27.5 gpsprof used os command injection

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A vulnerability was found in gpsd up to 3.27.5. It has been declared as very critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component gpsprof. The manipulation of the argument used results in os command injection. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-60122. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in gpsd up to 3.27.5. It has been classified as very critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component gpsprof. The manipulation of the argument used with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-60122 since 07/08/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/23/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying the patch 4c06658 is able to eliminate this problem.

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• gpsd

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• 3.27.0
• 3.27.1
• 3.27.2
• 3.27.3
• 3.27.4
• 3.27.5

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