In JetBrains TeamCity before 2023.05.4 authentication bypass leading to RCE on TeamCity Server was possible
Priority CRITICAL 100Exploited in the wildCWE-288Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-288.
Summary
In JetBrains TeamCity before 2023.05.4 authentication bypass leading to RCE on TeamCity Server was possible
Why it matters now
Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2023-10-04CISA due date 2023-10-25Known ransomware use
EPSS 0.99987 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed TeamCity (JetBrains): 2023.05.4
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Active
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA TeamCity (JetBrains) Fixed in 2023.05.4
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
JetBrains TeamCity 2023.05.4
2 records Highest priority Priority CRITICAL 1 CRITICAL, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-23314 In JetBrains TeamCity before 2023.05.4 stored XSS was possible during nodes configurationPriority LOW 27
Timeline
- 2023-10-04 Added to CISA KEV
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-42793
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w796-2gq9-7jm8
References
Exploit 2
Advisory 4
- https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/
- https://blog.jetbrains.com/teamcity/2023/09/cve-2023-42793-vulnerability-post-mortem/
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/1XEEEkGHzt/cve-2023-42793
- https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/09/25/etr-cve-2023-42793-critical-authentication-bypass-in-jetbrains-teamcity-ci-cd-servers/
More JetBrains Teamcity vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-45031 Deserialization of untrusted data in JetBrains TeamCity KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-18053 In JetBrains TeamCity before 2023.11.4 authentication bypass allowing to perform admin actions was possible KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-18054 In JetBrains TeamCity before 2023.11.4 path traversal allowing to perform limited admin actions was possible KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2024-15905 In JetBrains TeamCity before 2023.11.3 authentication bypass leading to RCE was possible CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2015-01192 JetBrains TeamCity 8 and 9 before 9.0.2 allows bypass of account-creation restrictions… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-36546 In JetBrains TeamCity before 2026.1 remote code execution was possible via Perforce connection settings CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-42793 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-42793 · NVD
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w796-2gq9-7jm8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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