Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach Manager network service
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DeliverySend crafted overflowing input
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ExploitCorrupt heap buffer (CWE-122)
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ExecutionHijack process execution
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ImpactAccess or alter managed job data
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Heap buffer bounds checking
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Per the supplied CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), no special configuration, authentication, or user interaction is stated to be required: the flaw is in JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 - Manager versions from 10-00 before 13-50-31, reachable over the network against the Manager component. Limiting factors: exploitation requires network reachability to the JP1/AJMS3 Manager service (typically an internal enterprise management host, not internet-exposed), and the affected scope is bounded to Manager builds older than 13-50-31 - hosts on 13-50-31 or later are not affected. The exact trigger is not described in the available sources, so the AC:L/PR:N claims could not be independently verified. |
| Impact | Signals are moderately aligned toward prioritization but with one notable tension. The vendor-supplied CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated flaw with high confidentiality and integrity impact (score 9.4), and the input carries an 'act_now' decision label with a patch available from Hitachi. Against that, EPSS is only 0.45% (39th percentile), which is low and indicates no strong statistical signal of imminent broad exploitation. There is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit referenced, so active exploitation is not confirmed. The honest reading: this is a genuinely high-severity, easily-triggerable vulnerability class (heap buffer overflow) in enterprise job-management software, and the vendor/priority-feed treats it as act_now, but the low EPSS and absence of KEV/POC suggest exploitation is not yet widespread - consistent with a product that has a limited, enterprise-specific deployment footprint rather than an internet-wide target. The CVSS vector and heap-overflow CWE are consistent with each other; the main caveat is that the description does not state the trigger mechanism, so the AC:L and PR:N claims cannot be independently verified from the available sources. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker sends crafted input over the network to the JP1/AJMS3 Manager service, overflowing a heap buffer to corrupt memory and influence process execution, leading to disclosure or modification of managed job data and potentially code execution in the Manager context. No public exploit code is referenced, and the specific trigger (which protocol/field) is not described in the available sources. The CVSS vector indicates this would require no authentication and no user interaction if the vector is accurate. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
Heap-based buffer overflow in Hitachi JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 - Manager (versions 10-00 through builds prior to 13-50-31) is reachable over the network with no authentication or user interaction required under the supplied CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), giving a worst-case impact of high confidentiality and integrity loss plus limited availability impact (CVSS 9.4). No public exploit code or CISA KEV entry is associated with the issue, and EPSS is low at 0.45% (39th percentile), yet the vuln.today decision label is act_now, driven by the maximum-severity, pre-authentication, network-reachable profile against an enterprise job-scheduling manager; the notable tension is that low observed exploitation likelihood sits alongside a maximum-severity rating and the absence of a published trigger description. The vendor has released a fix, and deployments on 13-50-31 or later are not affected.
RemediationAI
Patch available per vendor advisory: update JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 - Manager to version 13-50-31 or later, the boundary above the affected range of 10-00 before 13-50-31, following Hitachi's advisory at https://www.hitachi.com/products/it/software/security/info/vuls/hitachi-sec-2026-142/index.html for the exact upgrade procedure and any required intermediate steps. The advisory is the authoritative source for fixed builds and supersedes third-party data; confirm the installed Manager build before and after upgrading. Because the flaw is reachable over the network without authentication or user interaction per the assessed vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), prioritize internet-facing or broadly reachable Manager instances, and in the interim limit network access to the Manager service to trusted JP1 components and administrative hosts, accepting that this restricts legitimate console and agent connectivity and requires firewall rule maintenance. The exact trigger is not described in the available sources, so no protocol-level filter can be recommended with confidence; the vendor-released update is the complete fix.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is classified as CWE-122, a heap-based buffer overflow, meaning memory is written past the bounds of a heap-allocated buffer. The affected component is the Manager service of JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3, Hitachi's enterprise job scheduling and operations management suite, identified by the CPE cpe:2.3:a:hitachi:jp1/automatic_job_management_system_3_-_manager. Because the Manager process coordinates scheduling and job control across managed agents, it typically listens for network connections from other JP1 components and administrative consoles, which is consistent with the AV:N vector. Under the assessed vector the overflow is reachable without credentials or user interaction, and a successful write beyond a heap allocation in a privileged scheduling service can plausibly lead to memory corruption with high confidentiality and integrity impact and a partial availability impact, though the supplied sources do not describe the specific message, protocol field, or code path that triggers the overflow, so the exact trigger is not described in the available sources. CWE-122 overflows are commonly exploited to corrupt adjacent heap metadata or function pointers and redirect execution, but no exploitation detail is confirmed here.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Vendor vector is internally consistent with a network-reachable unauthenticated heap overflow; retained AV:N/AC:L/PR:N and C:H/I:H, with A:L as the description gives no basis to raise availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (Hitachi).
CVSS VectorVendor: Hitachi
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3.
This issue affects JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 - Manager: from 10-00 before 13-50-31.
Executive ViewAI
Hitachi JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 - Manager, the centralized scheduling component, is affected by a pre-authentication heap overflow. If exploited, an unauthenticated network intruder could compromise the confidentiality and integrity of critical job scheduling data and disrupt execution. Leadership should treat this as a priority patch event because the product is deeply embedded in enterprise operations and a compromise could cascade into business process failures.
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Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
A heap overflow occurs when a program writes data beyond the bounds of a buffer allocated in the heap memory region.
Authentication bypass in Hitachi JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 - Manager (versions 10-00 up to but not including
A heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122) in Hitachi JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 - Manager and 3 - Agent, coverin
Stack-based buffer overflow (CWE-121) in Hitachi JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 - Manager, - Agent, and - Agent M
A remote out-of-bounds write in Hitachi's JP1 operations-management suite lets an unauthenticated network attacker corru
Stack-based buffer overflow in Hitachi JP1/AJS3 Manager (versions 10-00 before 13-50-31) could let remote, unauthenticat
Stack-based buffer overflow in Hitachi JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 - Manager (versions from 10-00 up to but no
Stack-based buffer overflow in Hitachi JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 Manager, Agent, and Agent Minimal Edition b
Heap-based buffer overflow in Hitachi JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 Manager, Agent, and Agent Minimal Edition be
Heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122) in Hitachi JP1/Integrated Management 3 - Manager, JP1/Automatic Job Management Syst
Stack-based buffer overflow in Hitachi JP1/Integrated Management 3 - Manager, JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 (Man
EUVD-2026-110659
GHSA-pj5c-93rw-39pv
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
Exploit-DB