CVE-2026-78251 PUBLISHED

DJI Drone FTP Service Allows Unrestricted Storage Consumption of the /blackbox Directory

Assigner: CIRCL
Reserved: 24.08.2026 Published: 24.08.2026 Updated: 24.08.2026

DJI drones contain an FTP service that uses hardcoded credentials shared across affected models and permits authenticated users to upload files without limits on file size, file count, or total storage consumed in /blackbox/upgrade/, as well as overwrite existing files in that directory. An attacker with access to the drone's internal network or USB RNDIS interface can exhaust the available storage, preventing the aircraft from writing flight records, logs, and telemetry and potentially preventing subsequent firmware updates. Uploaded files persist across reboot and factory reset.

Affected models are DJI Neo until 01.00.0400, DJI Neo 2 until 01.00.0500, DJI Flip until 01.00.1200, DJI Air 3 until 01.00.1600, DJI Air 3S until 01.00.1400, DJI Avata 2 until 01.00.0400, DJI Avata 360 until 01.00.0300, DJI Mavic 3 until 01.00.1400, DJI Mavic 3 Classic until 01.00.0800, DJI Mavic 3 Pro until 01.01.0700, DJI Mavic 4 Pro until 01.00.0500, DJI Mini 2 until 01.07.0200, DJI Mini 3 until 01.00.0500, DJI Mini 3 Pro until 01.00.0900, DJI Mini 4 Pro until 01.00.1100, and DJI Mini 5 Pro until 01.00.0600.

Remediation requires a firmware update from the vendor.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
CVSS Score: 9.3

Product Status

Vendor DJI
Product Neo
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 01.00.0400 (incl.)
Vendor DJI
Product Neo 2
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 01.00.0500 (incl.)
Vendor DJI
Product Flip
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 01.00.1200 (incl.)
Vendor DJI
Product Air 3
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 01.00.1600 (incl.)
Vendor DJI
Product Air 3S
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 01.00.1400 (incl.)
Vendor DJI
Product Avata 2
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 01.00.0400 (incl.)
Vendor DJI
Product Avata 360
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 01.00.0300 (incl.)
Vendor DJI
Product Mavic 3
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 01.00.1400 (incl.)
Vendor DJI
Product Mavic 3 Classic
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 01.00.0800 (incl.)
Vendor DJI
Product Mavic 3 Pro
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 01.01.0700 (incl.)
Vendor DJI
Product Mavic 4 Pro
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 01.00.0500 (incl.)
Vendor DJI
Product Mini 2
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 01.07.0200 (incl.)
Vendor DJI
Product Mini 3
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 01.00.0500 (incl.)
Vendor DJI
Product Mini 3 Pro
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 01.00.0900 (incl.)
Vendor DJI
Product Mini 4 Pro
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 01.00.1100 (incl.)
Vendor DJI
Product Mini 5 Pro
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 01.00.0600 (incl.)

Credits

  • Abdelrahman Yousef finder
  • Dr. Jordan Samhi finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-560 Use of Known Domain Credentials