CVE-2026-44596
Yamcs: No Rate Limiting on Authentication Endpoint
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- GitHub_M
Description
Yamcs is a mission control framework. Prior to 5.12.7, the authentication endpoint POST /auth/token in yamcs-core, handled by yamcs-core/src/main/java/org/yamcs/http/auth/AuthHandler.java, lacked any rate limiting, account lockout, or failed-attempt throttling, so an unauthenticated remote attacker could perform unlimited password-guessing attempts against any user account, significantly increasing the risk of successful brute-force attacks. This issue is fixed in versions 5.12.7 and 5.13.0.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 19% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.yamcs:yamcs-coreGHSA-w5r6-mcgq-7pq4 (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/security/advisories/GHSA-w5r6-mcgq-7pq4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
- https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/commit/309218c651680f79df11a8d0f8628f7033f98a83 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/commit/64392df531fbcbc65f19ee5724c4c23d289f49fc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/releases/tag/yamcs-5.12.7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/releases/tag/yamcs-5.13.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-w5r6-mcgq-7pq4 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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