CVE-2026-46621 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 15.05.2026 Published: 16.07.2026 Updated: 16.07.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.1

Product Status

Vendor yamcs
Product yamcs
Versions
  • Version < 5.12.7 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE