Medium severity · published Aug 12, 2026
CVE-2026-66016
Rendered Artifactory Helm manifests may contain generated TLS private keys
6.7
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Under specific self-hosted Helm configurations, generated TLS private keys may be retained in rendered manifests accessible to highly privileged local users.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AR
artifactory · jfrog
before 7.146.35; 7.161.0 before 7.161.16 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-66016
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-66016
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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