Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as read-only YouTrack user
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ExploitRequest restricted project-settings endpoint
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ExecutionMissing authorization check returns data
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ImpactDisclose project configuration to unauthorized user
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Outbound data filtering
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| Exploitation Conditions | Requires a valid authenticated YouTrack account at read-only privilege level (PR:L); the flaw is the absence of an authorization check that should prevent such users from reading project settings. Exploitation is limited by that authentication requirement - a completely unauthenticated outsider cannot trigger it - and impact is bounded to disclosure of project settings only (no write access, no broader data). Applies to YouTrack instances running versions before 2026.2.18991. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely low-priority information-disclosure issue, and the signals are internally consistent rather than conflicting. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N, base 4.3) describes a network-reachable but authenticated (PR:L) flaw with only limited confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability effect - a read-only user seeing project settings they should not, i.e. a broken-authorization/over-exposure defect (CWE-201). No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were supplied, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' There is no SSVC decision data in the input. Nothing here elevates the issue beyond its modest CVSS: it requires an existing authenticated account, yields only partial disclosure of configuration/settings data, and has no path to code execution or data modification. This is a low-CVSS, low-real-risk item best handled through normal patch cadence, not emergency remediation. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds a legitimate low-privilege (read-only) YouTrack account browses or calls an endpoint that returns project settings which should be restricted to project admins, obtaining configuration details they are not authorized to view. No public exploit code is available, and because the flaw grants only read access to settings, it is most useful for reconnaissance or as one step in a broader insider/escalation effort rather than as a standalone breach. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 30, 2026
Read-only users in JetBrains YouTrack can read project settings they are not entitled to see because the application fails to enforce an authorization check on that data path in all versions before 2026.2.18991. Exploitation requires a valid, authenticated YouTrack account at the read-only privilege level (CVSS vector PR:L), and the resulting impact is limited to disclosure of project settings configuration data - no modification of data, no privilege escalation, and no impact on availability. Scoring is low at CVSS 4.3, there is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit code identified at time of analysis, and JetBrains has shipped a fixed build (2026.2.18991), so this is a low-priority information-disclosure issue that should be handled through normal patch cadence.
RemediationAI
Apply the vendor fix by upgrading YouTrack to 2026.2.18991 or later - this is the exact patched version named in the advisory, and it is the only supported remediation since the defect is a server-side missing authorization check that cannot be corrected through configuration alone. Confirm the deployed build number after upgrade rather than relying on the upgrade completing successfully, and consult https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/ for the vendor's fix listing. Where an immediate upgrade is not feasible, compensating controls are limited because the vulnerable code path is invoked by ordinary authenticated requests: restrict and audit which accounts hold even read-only project access, since the flaw is only reachable by an authenticated principal (trade-off: reduces the exposed population but does not eliminate exposure for legitimate read-only users such as contractors, auditors, or integration service accounts). Network-level restriction of YouTrack to trusted networks or a VPN reduces the reachable surface for AV:N exploitation (trade-off: breaks external collaborator access and mobile workflows). If projects contain especially sensitive configuration metadata, treat the pre-patch deployment as an information-leak channel and avoid storing secrets in project settings, then rotate anything already exposed. Given the low CVSS of 4.3, no KEV listing, and no identified public exploit, remediation can follow the normal maintenance window, but it should not be deferred indefinitely because the client-side data exposure already occurred for any read-only user who queried the settings endpoints before patching - those accounts should be reviewed for suspicious settings enumeration in access logs.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw sits in YouTrack's authorization layer for project administration data. YouTrack exposes per-project settings (workflow configuration, custom fields, board and permission metadata) through web service endpoints, and those endpoints are expected to verify that the calling principal holds a role permitted to view administrative configuration. In the affected builds, that verification is absent or incomplete, so a principal holding only read-only project access is served the settings payload. The reported CWE is CWE-201 (Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data), which describes the observable symptom - sensitive configuration data being included in a response to a client that should not receive it; the underlying mechanism described by JetBrains is an authorization gap (conceptually a CWE-862-class missing authorization check), and the two are consistent: the missing check is the cause, the CWE-201 data exposure is the effect. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:jetbrains:youtrack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* with no version restriction in the feed is constrained by the vendor advisory to builds prior to 2026.2.18991. Because the vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N, the attack is network-reachable and requires no user interaction or special conditions, but confidentiality impact is confined to a single low-value asset class (project settings) and there is no scope change, no integrity impact, and no availability impact.
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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 endpoint (AV:N) exploitable by any authenticated read-only user (PR:L) with no interaction; only partial settings disclosure so C:L, I:N, A:N.
Primary rating from Vendor (JetBrains).
CVSS VectorVendor: JetBrains
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
In JetBrains YouTrack before 2026.2.18991 missing authorisation allowed read-only users to read project settings
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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EUVD-2026-90002
GHSA-2gwh-9qxr-7j66
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