CVE-2026-60112: AIT-GUI < 2.5.1 Missing Authentication via Sessions.create()

What it is

AMMOS Instrument Toolkit (AIT) GUI before 2.5.1 contains a missing authentication vulnerability that allows any unauthenticated network attacker to obtain a valid session and issue arbitrary spacecraft commands by calling Sessions.create() without any credential check. Attackers can exploit the unauthenticated session issuance in Sessions.create() and subsequently invoke handle_cmd() to forward arbitrary commands directly to the AIT command bus without any authentication gate between session creation and command dispatch.

Description quoted from the CVE record (assigned by VulnCheck, published 2026-07-29).

Weakness: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

How it can be exploited

Exploitable over the network with low attack complexity with no special attack requirements needing no privileges and no user interaction. Impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high. CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CISA assessment (SSVC): CISA has no evidence of exploitation. Automatable: yes. Technical impact: total.

Public exploit evidence (Exploit Observer)

Exploit Observer found 5 code repositories naming this CVE.

Code repositories that name a CVE are often scanners, copies or fakes, and some are malware. Read the code before running anything.

See all 8 references on Exploit Observer

Live scores

EPSS

0.008
low predicted chance of attack

VEDAS

0.985
strong exploit evidence

On CISA KEV

Not listed

Detection rule

Nuclei · Suricata

Who is affected

Version ranges exactly as the CVE record states them. “Before X” means X is the first fixed version.

How to fix it

Fixed versions stated in the CVE record: 2.5.1.

Vendor guidance:

• Release Notes (release-notes)
• Patch Commit (patch)

How to detect it

Nuclei template (active check)

AIT-GUI - Missing Authentication on Command Interface

NASA AMMOS AIT-GUI before 2.5.1 contains a missing authentication vulnerability: the GUI issues a valid session with no credential check (Sessions.create) and dispatches commands via handle_cmd, letting an unauthenticated network attacker obtain a session and send arbitrary spacecraft commands to the AIT command bus. The entire HTTP API is served without authentication. This template confirms the flaw non-destructively by reading the unauthenticated command dictionary endpoint, proving the command interface is reachable without credentials.

Name and description quoted from the template, written by VEDAS.

The template sends 1 request (GET /cmd/dict); it decides using status, word matchers. Severity in the template: critical. Marked as not yet verified against a live vulnerable target.

Run it against a host you own or are authorised to test:

nuclei -u https://your-host -t CVE-2026-60112.yaml

id: CVE-2026-60112

info:
  name: "AIT-GUI - Missing Authentication on Command Interface"
  author: vedas-arpsyndicate
  severity: critical
  description: |
    NASA AMMOS AIT-GUI before 2.5.1 contains a missing authentication vulnerability: the GUI issues
    a valid session with no credential check (Sessions.create) and dispatches commands via
    handle_cmd, letting an unauthenticated network attacker obtain a session and send arbitrary
    spacecraft commands to the AIT command bus. The entire HTTP API is served without
    authentication. This template confirms the flaw non-destructively by reading the unauthenticated
    command dictionary endpoint, proving the command interface is reachable without credentials.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2026-60112&match=exact
    - https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=ait-gui&match=exact
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
    cvss-score: 9.3
    cve-id: CVE-2026-60112
    cwe-id: CWE-306
  metadata:
    verified: false
    max-request: 1
  tags: cve,cve2026,ait-gui,missing-auth,unauth

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/cmd/dict"
    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "subsystem"
          - "opcode"
          - "arguments"
        condition: and
      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

CVE-2026-60112.yaml on GitHub

Suricata rules (network detection)

1 rule that alert on traffic matching this exploit: VEDAS CVE-2026-60112 AIT-GUI - Missing Authentication Command Interface Attempt. Add them to your Suricata rule set and reload.

alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"VEDAS CVE-2026-60112 AIT-GUI - Missing Authentication Command Interface Attempt"; flow:established,to_server; http.method; content:"GET"; http.uri; content:"/cmd/dict"; fast_pattern; nocase; classtype:web-application-attack; reference:cve,CVE-2026-60112; reference:url,https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2026-60112&match=exact; reference:url,https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=ait-gui&match=exact; sid:1081607; rev:1;)

CVE-2026-60112.rules on GitHub

References

Vendor advisories and patches

• Release Notes (release-notes)
• Patch Commit (patch)

Technical analysis and advisories

• Changelog (issue-tracking)
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ait-gui-missing-authentication-via-sessions-create (third-party-advisory)

Other databases

• CVE record (cve.org)
• NVD
• Exploit Observer

Where this comes from

This advisory is generated automatically by VEDAS from: CVE.org record, cve-scores (EPSS and VEDAS), Exploit Observer, vedas-signatures. Text in quotes is reproduced from the source; everything else is a fixed template filled with source fields. Nothing here is written by a language model. Check the vendor advisory before acting, and read how VEDAS and Exploit Observer work, and their limits.