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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-46562 EUVD-2026-44958GHSA-vmwp-vh32-rj75

Yamcs: Remote Code Execution via Mission Database algorithm override

Published Jul 16, 2026 · Updated Jul 16, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
yamcs yamcs < 5.12.7 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.yamcs:yamcs-core < 5.12.7 5.12.7 GHSA-vmwp-vh32-rj75

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