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CVE-2026-44596 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/commit/309218c651680f79df11a8d0f8628f7033f98a83 GitHub, Inc. Patch 
https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/commit/64392df531fbcbc65f19ee5724c4c23d289f49fc GitHub, Inc. Patch 
https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/releases/tag/yamcs-5.12.7 GitHub, Inc. Release Notes 
https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/releases/tag/yamcs-5.13.0 GitHub, Inc. Release Notes 
https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/security/advisories/GHSA-w5r6-mcgq-7pq4 CISA-ADP, GitHub, Inc. Exploit  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-44596
NVD Published Date:
07/16/2026
NVD Last Modified:
07/17/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.