Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-46621
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.008
EPSS Ranking 51.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.1
References
- https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/commit/3c550348f866af4675d2ba4a51d8d12b7c7c6011
- https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/commit/4ff8fda642ea8c3309a4d3f379aa77b763148992
- https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/releases/tag/yamcs-5.12.7
- https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/releases/tag/yamcs-5.13.0
- https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/security/advisories/GHSA-2g95-6x5q-xjwj
- https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/security/advisories/GHSA-2g95-6x5q-xjwj
Products affected by CVE-2026-46621
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cpe:2.3:a:spaceapplications:yamcs:5.8.6