Critical Flaw in NASA/JPL Open-Source Spacecraft Command Software Allowed Unauthenticated Command Execution
Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2026 A critical flaw (CVSS 9.4) in NASA/JPL’s AIT-GUI let anyone send unauthenticated commands to spacecraft instruments. Cycode researchers found that AIT-GUI, the browser-based operator console in NASA/JPL open-source AMMOS Instrument Toolkit, shipped with no authentication, no session checks…
A vulnerability in a NASA control tool made it possible to send commands and execute sequences without logging in, a particularly serious failure to be software designed to communicate with ships and instruments