Flight-control loss via unchecked no-fly-zone return point
Published Jan 6, 2024 · Updated Apr 17, 2025
Denial of service in Autel EVO NANO flight control firmware 1.6.5 allows physically proximate attackers to immobilize an airborne drone. The no-fly-zone logic accepts a return point inside a restricted zone without checking it, then traps the aircraft at the boundary. Triggering requires controller and Autel Sky access, flight near a no-fly-zone edge, and a restricted return point; the drone can only rotate or descend.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in Autel EVO NANO flight control firmware 1.6.5 allows physically proximate attackers to immobilize an airborne drone. The no-fly-zone logic accepts a return point inside a restricted zone without checking it, then traps the aircraft at the boundary. Triggering requires controller and Autel Sky access, flight near a no-fly-zone edge, and a restricted return point; the drone can only rotate or descend.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-50121
- Published
- Jan 6, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 17, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-400
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 6, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- EVO NANO no-fly-zone return-point demonstrationfunctional · demonstrated
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