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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-45279

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.

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CVE-2023-45279
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3 Nov 2026, 16:37 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2023-45279

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Oct 2023, 00:00 UTC

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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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-45279",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-45279",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-45279",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-45279",
        "GHSA-4cqv-q33x-wfxw"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "9443a67d2aeda20fb73f68c5d571b515d68c05e4"
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:spaceapplications:yamcs:5.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "5.8.6"
                      },
                      {
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
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              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "5.8.6",
            "yamcs-5.8.6"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-45279.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:30.621740980Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/yamcs/yamcs/compare/yamcs-5.8.6...yamcs-5.8.7",
        "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"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-45279",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 497473,
  "published_at": "2023-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
}