CVE-2026-42016
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
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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