Potential authentication bypass leading to privilege escalation in Artifactory
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- 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-287.
Summary
JFrog Artifactory contains an authentication handling weakness in internal request processing that, under specific conditions, may allow an attacker to escalate privileges beyond the intended access level.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JFrog | artifactory | before 7.111.18; 7.117.0 to before 7.117.25; 7.125.0 to before 7.125.18; 7.133.0 to before 7.133.27; 7.146.0 to before 7.146.34; 7.161.0 to before 7.161.15 | 7.111.18, 7.117.25, 7.125.18, 7.133.27, 7.146.34, 7.161.15 | Patch available | CNA |
- artifactory VendorJFrog Affected before 7.111.18; 7.117.0 to before 7.117.25; 7.125.0 to before 7.125.18; 7.133.0 to before 7.133.27; 7.146.0 to before 7.146.34; 7.161.0 to before 7.161.15 Fixed in 7.111.18, 7.117.25, 7.125.18, 7.133.27, 7.146.34, 7.161.15 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:jfrog:artifactory:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:* | before 7.111.18; 7.117.0 to before 7.117.25; 7.125.0 to before 7.125.18; 7.133.0 to before 7.133.27; 7.146.0 to before 7.146.34; 7.161.0 to before 7.161.15 | Vulnerable | JFrog |
- cpe:2.3:a:jfrog:artifactory:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:* Versions before 7.111.18; 7.117.0 to before 7.117.25; 7.125.0 to before 7.125.18; 7.133.0 to before 7.133.27; 7.146.0 to before 7.146.34; 7.161.0 to before 7.161.15 Vulnerable ·JFrog
Remediation
- Fix · CNA artifactory (jfrog) Fixed in 7.111.18, 7.117.25, 7.125.18, 7.133.27, 7.146.34, 7.161.15
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
jfrog artifactory 7.111.18, 7.117.25 and 4 more versions
7 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 3 MEDIUM, 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-46959 Potential path traversal leading to unauthorized file writesPriority MEDIUM 41
- TI-2026-46778 Potential remote code execution on an Artifactory package service container.Priority MEDIUM 41
- TI-2026-46960 Potential unauthorized modification of Artifactory internal metadataPriority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-66014
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x8pq-pxrh-26qh
- 2026-10-23 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More JFrog Artifactory vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-56777 Potential authentication bypass leading to administrative access in Artifactory KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-30404 Incorrect authorization validation of user token in JFrog Artifactory allows Privilege Escalation KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-30406 Anonymous user token generation exposure in JFrog Artifactory KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-47149 Authenticated users may write data outside the intended Docker cache path KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2019-13025 JFrog Artifactory does not enforce default admin password change CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-07126 An issue was discovered in JFrog Artifactory 6.7.3. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-66014 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-66014 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x8pq-pxrh-26qh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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