Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate to YouTrack instance
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Exploitobtain signed URL for accessible project icon
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Executionreuse signed URL targeting restricted project
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Impactretrieve restricted project icon asset
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an active authenticated YouTrack user account (PR:L per CVSS). The attacker must be able to obtain or observe a signed URL for a project icon, which is possible if they have legitimate access to any project on the same YouTrack instance. The bypassed control is project-level icon visibility for restricted or private projects. Limiting factors: no unauthenticated exploitation path exists; the disclosed information is limited to graphical icon assets, not issue content, attachments, comments, or credentials; and the flaw is instance-scoped - an attacker outside the instance cannot exploit it without first obtaining credentials. |
| Impact | Real-world risk is low. The CVSS 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) accurately captures the constrained impact: exploitation requires authenticated access (PR:L), and the disclosed resource is limited to project icons - graphical assets - rather than issue content, source code, or credentials. EPSS data is not provided; no KEV listing or POC code exists, consistent with the narrow scope of impact. SSVC-style assessment suggests low exploitation urgency: the technical impact is partial confidentiality loss of non-sensitive metadata, exploitation is not automatable at scale, and the attack surface requires a valid user account. The 'Authentication Bypass' tag in the input is a mislabel - this is an authorization bypass (IDOR via signed URL reuse), not an authentication bypass; the attacker must already hold a valid session. Defenders can prioritize this as a routine patch cycle item rather than emergency response. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated YouTrack user with access to at least one project obtains a signed URL for a project icon from their permitted project context. They then substitute or replay that URL to retrieve the icon of a restricted project they are not authorized to view, bypassing the project's access controls. No public exploit code exists, and the impact is limited to icon asset disclosure rather than sensitive project data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 07, 2026
Signed URL reuse in JetBrains YouTrack before 2026.2.18634 permits authenticated users to access restricted project icons they are not authorized to view. The flaw arises because signed URLs generated for project icon assets are not properly scoped or invalidated, allowing the same URL to be reused beyond its intended access context. No public exploit code has been identified and the vendor has issued a patch, making this a low-urgency but straightforward authorization control deficiency in a widely used issue tracker.
RemediationAI
Upgrade JetBrains YouTrack to version 2026.2.18634 or later, which contains the vendor-issued patch per the advisory at https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/. JetBrains cloud-hosted YouTrack instances are typically updated automatically; on-premises administrators should apply the update via the JetBrains Hub administration interface. No specific workaround is documented by the vendor; as a compensating control, administrators can restrict project visibility at the network perimeter or ensure all user accounts granted access to the YouTrack instance are trusted, since exploitation requires an authenticated session. Invalidating or rotating signed URL signing keys, if configurable in the deployment, may also reduce residual URL reuse risk.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
YouTrack is JetBrains' project management and issue tracking platform. Signed URLs are typically time-limited or permission-scoped tokens embedded in URLs to grant temporary access to protected resources without requiring a full authentication flow - commonly used for serving media assets like icons. CWE-639 (Authorization Through User-Controlled Key) describes cases where access control relies on a key the user can control or reuse, bypassing intended authorization checks. In this instance, signed URLs generated for restricted project icons retain their validity beyond the access session or permissions boundary that generated them, allowing a URL obtained in one context to disclose an icon from a restricted project in another. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:jetbrains:youtrack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* covering all versions prior to 2026.2.18634.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Network-accessible, low complexity; PR:L because a valid authenticated session is required to obtain or reuse a signed URL; impact limited to confidentiality of icon assets only.
Primary rating from Vendor (JetBrains).
CVSS VectorVendor: JetBrains
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
In JetBrains YouTrack before 2026.2.18634 signed URL reuse allowed disclosure of restricted project icons
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
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An Insecure Direct Object Reference, with Authorization Bypass through a User-Controlled Key, was possible in JetBrains
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EUVD-2026-72497
GHSA-56j6-vvj2-ggpp
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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