LDAP Injection Affecting org.yamcs:yamcs-core package, versions [,5.12.7)
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- published8 Jun 2026
- disclosed26 May 2026
- creditDaniel Miranda Barcelona
Introduced: 26 May 2026
NewCVE-2026-42568 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade org.yamcs:yamcs-core to version 5.12.7 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to LDAP Injection via the LdapAuthModule process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to user accounts by injecting specially crafted input into the username parameter during LDAP authentication.
Note:
This is only exploitable if the deployment uses org.yamcs.security.LdapAuthModule in the etc/security.yaml configuration file.
PoC
curl -X POST "http://TARGET:8090/auth/token" \
-d "grant_type=password&username=*&password=known_password"
# Returns token for first matching LDAP user