High severity7.8OSV Advisory· Published Jul 9, 2026· Updated Jul 14, 2026
CVE-2026-58459
CVE-2026-58459
Description
gpsd through release-3.27.5, fixed at commit 4c06658, contains a command injection vulnerability in gpsprof that allows attackers who control the GPS device subtype value to execute arbitrary shell commands by embedding backtick payloads in the gnuplot plot title without proper escaping. The subtype field sourced from a DEVICES JSON log entry or NMEA PGRMT sentence is written into a generated gnuplot program via a set title statement with only double-quote characters escaped, enabling arbitrary shell command execution as the user running gnuplot when the victim renders the generated plot through the gpsprof and gnuplot workflow.
Affected products
9- osv-coords6 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/gpsdpkg:rpm/almalinux/gpsd-clientspkg:rpm/almalinux/gpsd-minimalpkg:rpm/almalinux/gpsd-minimal-clientspkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-gpsdpkg:rpm/opensuse/gpsd&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.1+ 5 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1:3.26.1-2.el9_8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1:3.26.1-2.el9_8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1:3.26.1-3.el10_2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.27.5-3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/ntpsec/gpsd/commit/1a6bb7bcbdf58aa940132e630870af061dc88537nvdPatch
- github.com/ntpsec/gpsd/commit/4c06658e988f4ced1a7a574ce082a22ef625df56nvdPatch
- github.com/ntpsec/gpsd/commit/5581ba196d826a984fbfaf792b7d58535f9911cenvdPatch
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gpsd-gpsprof-command-injection-via-gnuplot-plot-title-subtype-fieldnvdThird Party Advisory
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