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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Reach exposed JP1/AJS3 service over network
  2. Delivery
    Send crafted oversized input
  3. Exploit
    Overflow fixed-size stack buffer
  4. Execution
    Corrupt stack / control flow
  5. Impact
    Compromise manager or agent process

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Stack buffer bounds checking
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution

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Exploitation Conditions

Per the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), no special conditions - remote unauthenticated exploitation of network-reachable JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 Manager, Agent, and Agent Minimal Edition instances, with no user interaction. The available sources do not describe the specific triggering feature, protocol, or configuration, so no non-default setting is confirmed as a prerequisite. Realistic limiting factors: the service must be network-exposed to the attacker (JP1/AJS3 is typically deployed inside managed enterprise/operations networks rather than internet-facing), affected versions are those below 13-50-31, and the CVSS marks only low availability impact (A:L), suggesting the primary risk is confidentiality/integrity compromise rather than full service denial.

Impact

This is a genuine high-priority issue, not a high-CVSS-but-low-risk case. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) describes a remotely reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated flaw with high confidentiality and integrity impact (A:L for availability), and the vuln.today decision label is act_now with a vendor patch available - these signals align toward prompt remediation. However, the signals are not uniformly alarming: EPSS is only 0.45% (39th percentile), indicating low modeled probability of exploitation in the near term, and the CVE is NOT on CISA KEV with no public exploit referenced. The tension here is that the severity/mechanism signals (stack-based buffer overflow, CWE-121, network-reachable, no auth) are serious while the active-exploitation signals (EPSS, KEV, POC) are quiet - meaning the flaw is dangerous by design but not yet observed being exploited at scale. The 'act_now' label is driven by the severity and patch-availability combination rather than by confirmed exploitation. Note also a version-range conflict across sources (see confidence_notes) that should be reconciled against the Hitachi advisory before scoping affected hosts.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A remote attacker with network reach to an exposed JP1/AJS3 Manager or Agent service sends crafted input that overflows a fixed-size stack buffer (CWE-121), corrupting the stack to achieve code execution or process compromise without authentication or user interaction. No public proof-of-concept or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis, so this scenario is inferred from the vulnerability class and CVSS vector; the exact trigger is not described in the available sources.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
Patch available 0.5% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026

Stack-based buffer overflow in Hitachi JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 Manager, Agent, and Agent Minimal Edition before 13-50-31 allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to corrupt memory over the network with no user interaction, potentially compromising confidentiality and integrity and causing limited availability impact (CVSS 9.4). Hitachi reports affected Manager and Agent branches from 11-00 before 13-50-31, while EUVD also maps 10-00 branches and Agent Minimal Edition 11-50 to versions below 13-50-31. A vendor patch is available; no public exploit was identified at time of analysis (EPSS 0.45%), and CISA KEV does not list this CVE.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 Manager, Agent, and Agent Minimal Edition to version 13-50-31 or later; Hitachi's advisory is at https://www.hitachi.com/products/it/software/security/info/vuls/hitachi-sec-2026-139/index.html. The available sources do not document a workaround beyond applying the vendor update, so prioritize patching network-reachable Manager and Agent instances, particularly where job-management services are exposed beyond trusted operations networks. After upgrading, verify all Manager, Agent, and Agent Minimal Edition installations because the affected version ranges differ slightly between the CVE description and EUVD data (10-00/11-00 through below 13-50-31).

Affected VersionsENISA

JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 - Agent 10-00 <13-50-31
JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 - Manager 10-00 <13-50-31
JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 - Agent Minimal Edition 11-50 <13-50-31

Affected Packages

euvd jp1_automatic_job_management_system_3_agent fix: 13-50-31
euvd jp1_automatic_job_management_system_3_agent_minimal_edition fix: 13-50-31
euvd jp1_automatic_job_management_system_3_manager fix: 13-50-31

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 3 packages in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

CWE-121 (stack-based buffer overflow) in Hitachi JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3, an enterprise job scheduling and automated operations suite. The CPE data identifies three affected components: JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 - Manager, - Agent, and - Agent Minimal Edition. The flaw is reachable over the network with low attack complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), and successful exploitation can affect confidentiality and integrity highly with low availability impact. The supplied sources do not describe the specific interface, protocol, or input field that triggers the overflow, so the exact attack path within JP1/AJS3 is not confirmed; the CWE class indicates unchecked data copied into a fixed-size stack buffer, which can corrupt stack memory and potentially redirect execution.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Hitachi) PRIMARY 9.4 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
vuln.today AI 9.4 CRITICAL

Network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated stack overflow with no user interaction yields AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N; high confidentiality/integrity impact with limited availability impact per vendor scoring.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Hitachi).

CVSS VectorVendor: Hitachi

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

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Oct 27, 2026 - 10:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 27, 2026 - 09:37 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.4

DescriptionCVE.org

Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3.

This issue affects JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 - Manager: from 11-00 before 13-50-31; JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 - Agent: from 11-00 before 13-50-31.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Hitachi JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 contains a critical stack-based buffer overflow that remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit to corrupt memory and potentially compromise confidentiality and integrity, with limited availability impact. Organizations relying on this job scheduling platform for IT automation are at risk because exploitation requires no authentication or user interaction, though no public exploit has been identified at this time. Given the high CVSS score of 9.4 and the system's role in orchestrating enterprise jobs, leadership should prioritize immediate patching to prevent potential operational disruption and data compromise.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 61% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise Hitachi job-scheduling product, common in large (esp. Japanese) IT shops
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

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 0.5%
Patch available Yes
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
High

Priority Score

47
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +47
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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 stack-based buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a buffer located on the stack than it was allocated to hold.

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