CVE-2026-46562

CRITICAL

Yamcs: Remote Code Execution via Mission Database algorithm override

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Yamcs is a mission control framework. Prior to 5.12.7, the Nashorn ScriptEngine used to evaluate user-supplied JavaScript algorithm text in yamcs-core/src/main/java/org/yamcs/algorithms/ScriptAlgorithmExecutorFactory.java was constructed without a ClassFilter, so a user with the ChangeMissionDatabase privilege could override an algorithm through the MdbOverrideApi.updateAlgorithm endpoint and supply JavaScript that reaches arbitrary Java classes (for example Java.type("java.lang.Runtime").getRuntime().exec(...)) to execute arbitrary OS commands as the Yamcs process; in the default configuration with no security.yaml the built-in guest user has superuser=true, making the issue reachable without authentication. This issue is fixed in versions 5.12.7 and 5.13.0, which disable algorithm editing by default.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0078
EPSS Percentile 52.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-470 CWE-94 CWE-95
Status published
Products (2)
spaceapplications/yamcs < 5.12.7
yamcs/yamcs < 5.12.7
Published Jul 16, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 16, 2026