CVE-2025-71412

In CPDLC, False Emergency or Status Messages Will be Accepted as Legitimate

Published Aug 7, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Injection of false emergency or status messages over CPDLC may lead to misallocation of resources, operational confusion, and improper response actions by flight crews, traffic controllers, and ground operations. This type of attack can be carried out remotely over radio frequency.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

These vulnerabilities in the CPDLC protocol stack are exploitable in a lab environment. However, they require very specific conditions to be met and are unlikely to be exploited outside of a lab setting.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Atn-b1
Atn-b1 cpdlc
Vendors & Products Atn-b1
Atn-b1 cpdlc
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Description Injection of false emergency or status messages over CPDLC may lead to misallocation of resources, operational confusion, and improper response actions by flight crews, traffic controllers, and ground operations. This type of attack can be carried out remotely over radio frequency.
Title In CPDLC, False Emergency or Status Messages Will be Accepted as Legitimate
Weaknesses CWE-754
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
icscert
Published
Updated
Aug 10, 2026, 9:13 PM
Reserved
Aug 4, 2026, 8:31 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 7, 2026, 7:17 PM
Modified
Sep 29, 2026, 11:10 AM