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Security advisory
Yamcs 5.8.6 allows XSS (issue 1 of 2). It comes with a Bucket as its primary storage mechanism. Buckets allow for the upload of any file. There's a way to upload a display referencing a malicious JavaScript file to the bucket. The user can then open the uploaded display by selecting Telemetry from the menu and navigating to the display.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-45279
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 16:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Yamcs 5.8.6 allows XSS (issue 1 of 2). It comes with a Bucket as its primary storage mechanism. Buckets allow for the upload of any file. There's a way to upload a display referencing a malicious JavaScript file to the bucket. The user can then open the uploaded display by selecting Telemetry from the menu and navigating to the display.
osv:CVE-2023-45279
Complete source record
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"references": [
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"https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/yamcs-vulnerability-assessment-visionspace-technologies",
"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/45xxx/CVE-2023-45279.json",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45279"
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"published_at": "2023-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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