CVE-2026-55565: Yamcs vulnerable to authenticated remote code execution via unescaped StreamSQL `LIKE` pattern compiled by Janino (`LikeExpression`)
Yamcs compiles StreamSQL query expressions to Java at runtime with Janino. The LIKE operator inserts the user-supplied pattern into the generated Java unescaped, inside a "..." literal, so a pattern containing " breaks out and injects arbitrary Java (e.g. a static{} block that runs an OS command when the compiled filter class loads). Result: RCE as the OS user running Yamcs.
The pattern is embedded raw whether it comes from a SQL string literal or a bound ? argument, so the sink is reachable from any endpoint that builds a LIKE from user input, at routine read-only privileges, not just executeSql:
POST /api/archive/{instance}:executeSqland:streamSql(privilegeControlArchiving)POST /api/archive/{instance}/tables/{table}:readRowsvia thequeryfield (privilegeReadTables)GET /api/archive/{instance}/events?q=and the event export/stream variants (privilegeReadEvents)listActivitiesq(privilegeReadActivities)
The Events page search box feeds q directly.
Independent of the May-2026 algorithm-override RCEs (CVE-2026-46562/46621/44632): it needs none of ChangeMissionDatabase and is not affected by the overrideAlgorithmsEnabled gate.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-c64q-hj4j-375f
- github.com/yamcs/yamcs/commit/640e1598b7097b521692e89dd47a39b6cb1fc663
- github.com/yamcs/yamcs/commit/a8fb4a0693fa62a6eb729b26016d1090dd8b289c
- github.com/yamcs/yamcs/releases/tag/yamcs-5.12.8
- github.com/yamcs/yamcs/releases/tag/yamcs-5.13.2
- github.com/yamcs/yamcs/security/advisories/GHSA-c64q-hj4j-375f
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55565
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