# CVE-2026-55549: Yamcs: Reflected XSS in the URL of the Authorize Endpoint

- Also known as: GHSA-RXPG-WJF8-QV9C
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 5.9.4
- Published: 2026-08-28 · Updated: 2026-09-01

## Affected

- yamcs: fixed in 5.9.4
- org.yamcs:yamcs-core (Maven): fixed in 5.9.4

## Description

Yamcs is a mission control framework. Prior to 5.9.4, Yamcs reflects an attacker-controlled redirect_uri parameter from GET /auth/authorize into yamcs-core/src/main/resources/auth/templates/authorize.html without adequate HTML escaping by yamcs-core/src/main/java/org/yamcs/http/auth/AuthHandler.java and yamcs-core/src/main/java/org/yamcs/http/HandlerContext.java. A crafted authorization URL can execute JavaScript when opened by a Yamcs user. The script can access browser-held authentication material and transmit it to an attacker, enabling account compromise. This issue is fixed in version 5.9.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on yamcs, org.yamcs:yamcs-core, upgrade to a fixed version (5.9.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/security/advisories/GHSA-rxpg-wjf8-qv9c
- https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/commit/4d47d5cdcf5d92c2c5bbbc19feada422923332e3
- https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/releases/tag/yamcs-5.9.4
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-55549.yaml

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