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Artifactory CVE-2016-6501

CRITICAL
Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
2016-12-09 security-alert@hpe.com
9.8
CVSS 3.0 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
Impact

CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.69%.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the critical-severity affected system.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
No patch listed yet 1.7% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

JFrog Artifactory before 4.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an LDAP attribute with a crafted serialized Java object, aka LDAP entry poisoning. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-20. JFrog Artifactory before 4.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an LDAP attribute with a crafted serialized Java object, aka LDAP entry poisoning. Affected products include: Jfrog Artifactory. Version information: before 4.11.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 9.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

JFrog Artifactory before 4.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an LDAP attribute with a crafted serialized Java object, aka LDAP entry poisoning.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
1.7%
Top 18% exploitable
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 1.7%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

51
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +2
CVSS: +49
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:jfrog:artifactory:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Authentication bypass in JFrog Artifactory allows an unauthenticated, network-adjacent attacker to escalate to full admi

CVE-2026-42016 HIGH POC
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Privilege escalation in JFrog Artifactory Self-Hosted before 7.133.11 lets a low-privileged authenticated user leverage

CVE-2026-42018 HIGH POC
7.5 Aug 12

JFrog Artifactory exposes an internal anonymous-user token to unauthenticated callers even when anonymous access is expl

CVE-2026-66384 MEDIUM POC
5.3 Aug 12

Path traversal in JFrog Artifactory (CWE-22) enables an authenticated low-privilege user to write data outside the inten

CVE-2019-9733 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Apr 11

An issue was discovered in JFrog Artifactory 6.7.3. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely e

CVE-2026-65617 HIGH POC
8.8 Jul 27

Low-privileged users can exploit a deserialization flaw in JFrog Artifactory's package handling to potentially execute a

CVE-2020-7931 HIGH POC
8.8 Jan 23

In JFrog Artifactory 5.x and 6.x, insecure FreeMarker template processing leads to remote code execution, e.g., by modif

CVE-2018-1000206 HIGH POC
8.8 Jul 13

JFrog Artifactory version since 5.11 contains a Cross ite Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in UI rest endpoints that

CVE-2026-65923 MEDIUM POC
6.8 Jul 27

Server-side request forgery in JFrog Artifactory Ansible repository handling allows authenticated users with repository

CVE-2026-66018 MEDIUM POC
6.5 Jul 27

Information disclosure in JFrog Artifactory allows authenticated users with read access to an ordinary repository to ret

CVE-2026-65921 HIGH
8.8 Jul 27

Authenticated low-privilege users of JFrog Artifactory can write arbitrary files outside the intended build artifacts lo

CVE-2026-69106 HIGH
8.8 Aug 12

Cache metadata poisoning in JFrog Artifactory enables a low-privileged authenticated user to corrupt cached artifact met

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