CVE-2026-42016

Incorrect authorization validation of user token in JFrog Artifactory allows Privilege Escalation

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 8.1
Exploitation: Known exploited (CISA KEV) · added 2026-09-11
Exploited per ENISA since 2026-09-11
EPSS: EPSS 8.64 % · percentile 95 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2026-07-27
Updated: 2026-09-12
Assigner: JFROG
NVD status: Analyzed

Description

JFrog Artifactory (Self Hosted) versions before 7.133.11 are vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack due to a validation check of the token signature/issuer and not the token’s scope.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	JFROG
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	NVD · reefs@jfrog.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-863

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-49566
GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-42016

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:jfrog:artifactory:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:* < 7.133.11

Affected products

Product	Versions
jfrog · artifactory	affected 0 < 7.133.11

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities	CC0 1.0
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD