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CVE-2026-47731
Published:July 21, 2026
Updated:July 21, 2026
The AMMOS Instrument Toolkit (Formerly the Bespoke Links to Instruments for Surface and Space (BLISS)) is a Python-based software suite developed to handle Ground Data System (GDS), Electronic Ground Support Equipment (EGSE), commanding, telemetry uplink/downlink, and sequencing for instrument and CubeSat Missions. In versions prior to 2.6.1 and in version 3.1.0, the Binary Stream Capture (BSC) component exposes an unauthenticated HTTP API for dynamically creating packet capture "handlers." Because the code blindly trusts path‑related form fields, a remote client can bypass the configured log root and direct BSC to log to arbitrary filesystem paths (path traversal / directory escape), and append attacker‑controlled data to those files, using the privileges of the"ait-bsc" process. There are two ways for a remote attacker to trigger this. First, if the attacker has access to the network where "ait-bsc" is deployed (a reason for that could be that the ports are publicly accessible), the payloads can be directly sent to the server to trigger the arbitrary file append. This type of attack is demonstrated in "python_poc.py". Second, even if the attacker does not have direct access to the network because the software is running in a local network, it is possible to exploit this if a bad actor in that network opens an attacker-controlled website (which might be a website created by an attacker, or a third-party website compromised by the attacker). The browser javascript can automatically send the requests necessary to exploit this into the local network. This is even possible if the server is only accessible on "localhost". This type of attack is demonstrated by "attacker_tcp.py" and "test1.html" (first launch the attacker TCP server, then start a webserver to host "test1.html", for example using "python3 -m http.server 7000", and open "test1.html").This issue affects BSC (Binary Stream Capture) and usage of the ait-bsc server. This impacts AIT-Core versions before 3.1.1, from 2.x before 2.6.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.1.1 or 2.6.1.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/NASA-AMMOS/AIT-Core.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=0.1.0 <2.6.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.6.1
https://github.com/NASA-AMMOS/AIT-Core.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) =3.1.0 <3.1.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.1.1
ait-core (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0 <2.6.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.6.1
ait-core (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) =3.1.0 <3.1.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.1.1
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.16