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JP1/AJMS3 Manager EUVDEUVD-2026-110659

| CVE-2026-76937 CRITICAL
Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
2026-10-27 Hitachi GHSA-pj5c-93rw-39pv
9.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Hitachi
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Reach Manager network service
  2. Delivery
    Send crafted overflowing input
  3. Exploit
    Corrupt heap buffer (CWE-122)
  4. Execution
    Hijack process execution
  5. Impact
    Access or alter managed job data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
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.

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

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AnalysisAIv1 – 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.

Affected VersionsENISA

JP1/Automatic Job Management System 3 - Manager 10-00 <13-50-31

Affected Packages

euvd jp1_automatic_job_management_system_3_manager fix: 13-50-31

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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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

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

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.

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

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

Why It Matters

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.

Business Impact: Severe
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 61% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
Hitachi enterprise job-scheduling product, mainly Japanese enterprise data centers
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
Very 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 heap overflow occurs when a program writes data beyond the bounds of a buffer allocated in the heap memory region.

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