CVE-2026-46621

CRITICAL

Yamcs: Authenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) via Jython Algorithm Code Injection

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Yamcs is a mission control framework. Prior to 5.12.7, the Yamcs script evaluation engine for Python algorithms dynamically compiled and evaluated user-controlled algorithm text using Jython through the JSR-223 ScriptEngine API without enforcing a secure sandbox, so an authenticated user with the ChangeMissionDatabase privilege could override an existing Python algorithm's logic through the mission database REST API and import and execute arbitrary Java classes such as java.lang.Runtime to achieve remote code execution on the underlying host operating system. This issue is fixed in versions 5.12.7 and 5.13.0, which disable algorithm editing by default.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0100
EPSS Percentile 59.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

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