High severity · published Jul 27, 2026
CVE-2026-42017
Privilege escalation via JFrog Worker event token exposure
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An event-handling weakness in JFrog Artifactory could expose privileged authorization material to a lower-privileged user under specific conditions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AR
artifactory · jfrog
before 7.133.21; 7.146.0 before 7.146.8 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42017
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42017
Release Notes
https://docs.jfrog.com/releases/docs/artifactory-self-managed-releases
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.jfrog.com/releases/docs/jfrog-security-advisories
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