Security Flaws in NASA Software Could Allow Attackers to Send Commands to Spacecraft

Security researchers have discovered serious weaknesses in software used to help operators communicate with spacecraft and scientific instruments. The vulnerabilities affect AIT-GUI, a web-based control interface associated with NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s open-source AMMOS Instrument Toolkit. Researchers warn that, under certain circumstances, an attacker who does not have a username or password could […]