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CVE-2026-42016

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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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-27 20:16:39.613000
Last modified
2026-10-24 13:10:00.147000
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  "published": "2026-07-27T20:16:39.613",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-24T13:10:00.147",
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    }
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  "cisaActionDue": "2026-09-25",
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