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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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In JetBrains YouTrack before 2026.1.13162 stored XSS in project notification templates was possible
AnalysisAI
Stored cross-site scripting in JetBrains YouTrack versions prior to 2026.1.13162 allows an authenticated project-level user to inject persistent JavaScript into project notification templates, which executes in the browsers of other users who receive or view those notifications. The scope-changed CVSS 8.7 reflects that injected scripts can pivot beyond the vulnerable component to compromise the sessions and data of higher-privileged recipients. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and no KEV listing, but the issue was disclosed and patched directly by the vendor.
Technical ContextAI
YouTrack is JetBrains' issue tracking and project management platform, identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:jetbrains:youtrack. The underlying weakness is CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), specifically a stored XSS variant where user-supplied content placed into project notification templates is rendered without sufficient output encoding or sanitization. Notification templates are server-side artifacts rendered into HTML email or in-app notifications, so untrusted markup or script syntax injected at template-definition time is persisted and later evaluated in a recipient's authenticated browser context.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade YouTrack to version 2026.1.13162 or later, as published on the JetBrains security advisory page at https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/; JetBrains InCloud tenants should already be on the fixed build. Until the upgrade is applied, compensating controls include restricting the project-administration and notification-template-editing permissions to a small set of trusted accounts (trade-off: project owners lose self-service template customization), auditing existing notification templates for unexpected HTML, script, or event-handler attributes and reverting them to known-good content, and enforcing a strict Content Security Policy at the reverse proxy that disallows inline script execution for the YouTrack origin (trade-off: may break legitimate custom UI extensions if any are deployed).
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Same weakness CWE-79 – Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-33416
GHSA-fq9q-7rvg-h4m2