Server-side request forgery in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.3, 2026.2.4 is affected. The flaw is a server-side request forgery (CWE-918) that lets an unauthenticated attacker make the IDE connect to an arbitrary host through run configurations. The attack requires user interaction and is hard to carry out.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.3, 2026.2.4 unauthenticated connection to an arbitrary host via run configurations was possible
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
Upgrade JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA to version 2026.3 or 2026.2.4, which fix this flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA IntelliJ IDEA (JetBrains) Fixed in 2026.3, 2026.2.4
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 2026.3, 2026.2.4
6 records Highest priority Priority LOW 6 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-85835 Code execution in IntelliJ IDEA via Terraform tool path settingPriority LOW 35
- TI-2026-85850 Cross-site scripting in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Markdown previewPriority LOW 27
- TI-2026-85852 Command execution in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA via Markdown previewPriority LOW 25
Timeline
- 2026-11-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-123307
- 2026-11-06 Alias added: GHSA-32c5-4pwr-9g5v
- 2026-11-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-07 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 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-2026-123307 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-123307 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-32c5-4pwr-9g5v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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