CVE-2026-53984
Unauthenticated Socket.IO event lets attackers wipe or replace the Ground Station SQLite DB.
Is CVE-2026-53984 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-53984 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.38% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-53984?
CVE-2026-53984 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-53984?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-53984. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-53984 affect?
CVE-2026-53984 affects Ground Station < 0.6.0, Socket.IO server (port 7000), SQLite database used by Ground Station. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-53984?
Block port 7000, restrict CORS, enable auth, restore backups, apply vendor patch when available
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote unauthenticated attacker can drop all tables or inject attacker-controlled SQL to destroy records or plant malicious orbital URLs.
Immediate action required
- affected< 0.6.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.