Yamcs: Remote Code Execution via instance-template argument YAML injection (createInstance) (yamcs yamcs)

CVE-2026-55559
CRITICAL 9.8

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Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.78 % · centile 56 ()
État
PUBLISHED
Publiée
Mise à jour
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Statut NVD
Awaiting Analysis

Description

Yamcs is a mission control framework. Prior to 5.12.8 and 5.13.2, Yamcs inserts templateArgs from POST /api/instances and PATCH /api/instances/{instance} into YAML through VarStatement.append in yamcs-core/src/main/java/org/yamcs/templating/VarStatement.java without YAML-context escaping. The rendered configuration is parsed by YamcsServer.createInstance and loaded by YamcsServerInstance, allowing an attacker to inject a services entry for org.yamcs.ProcessRunner. Deployments without security.yaml expose the operation through the guest superuser, while secured deployments require SystemPrivilege.CreateInstances. Successful exploitation executes commands as the Yamcs service account. This issue is fixed in versions 5.12.8 and 5.13.2.

Faiblesses (CWE)

  • CWE-94 — Injection de code
  • CWE-470 — Réflexion non sécurisée
  • CWE-1336 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine

Références

Scores

VersionScoreVecteurÉvalué par
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HGitHub_M
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)

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Références européennes

Produits affectés

ProduitVersions
yamcs · yamcsaffected < 5.12.8 ; affected >= 5.13.0, < 5.13.2

Sources

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ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
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