JetBrains Hub privilege escalation through email authentication changes
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-915.
Summary
CVE-2026-123294 (GHSA-7rmr-7x63-w9r3) affects JetBrains Hub before 2026.2.52556, where privilege escalation was possible by changing email authentication details during the verification flow. The weakness is CWE-915, Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 9.6 (CRITICAL), with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and the references contain no exploit link.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
In JetBrains Hub before 2026.2.52556 privilege escalation was possible by changing email authentication details during the verification flow
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
Remediation
Update JetBrains Hub to 2026.2.52556, the version that fixes this issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Hub (JetBrains) Fixed in 2026.2.52556
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
JetBrains Hub 2026.2.52556
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-85840 Command injection in JetBrains Hub SMTP email verificationPriority LOW 26
Timeline
- 2026-11-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-123294
- 2026-11-06 Alias added: GHSA-7rmr-7x63-w9r3
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More JetBrains 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-2023-22884 In JetBrains TeamCity before 2023.05.4 authentication bypass leading to RCE on TeamCity Server 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-2024-24589 Insufficiently protected credentials in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-123294 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-123294 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7rmr-7x63-w9r3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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