Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate with low-privilege YouTrack account
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DeliveryInvoke project-team membership function
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ExploitAdd self to target project team
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ExecutionAccess restricted issues
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ImpactExfiltrate sensitive issue data
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires an authenticated YouTrack account with low privileges (PR:L) on an instance before version 2026.2.19422; the attacker must be able to reach the project-team membership functionality and the target project must contain issues whose visibility is restricted to team members. No user interaction, no admin rights, and no non-default configuration are needed - the missing authorization check is the default behavior. The primary limiting factor is the prerequisite valid account, which scopes realistic exploitation to insiders, external reporters, or holders of compromised credentials rather than fully anonymous internet attackers. |
| Impact | This is a genuine but moderate-priority broken-access-control (CWE-863) flaw, not a high-CVSS-but-hollow finding. The vendor CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N = 7.1) is internally consistent with the description: a network-reachable YouTrack instance where an already-authenticated low-privilege user (PR:L) can, with no user interaction and low complexity, add themselves to project teams and read restricted issues - a clear confidentiality breach (C:H) with minor integrity impact from the unauthorized team-membership change (I:L). The signals do NOT point to urgency: no EPSS score is provided, this is not on CISA KEV, and no public exploit code has been identified. The limiting factor is PR:L - an attacker needs a valid YouTrack account first, so this is an insider / lateral-movement / tenant-isolation-failure risk rather than a mass-internet exploitation risk. CWE-863 and the description describe an AUTHORIZATION failure; the 'Authentication Bypass' tag in the input is a mislabel and should not drive triage toward an unauthenticated-RCE posture. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds a low-privilege YouTrack account (employee, contractor, external reporter, or compromised credential) invokes the project-team membership function to add their own account to a project they should not belong to, then opens issues restricted to that team and reads sensitive data (security reports, customer data, embargoed roadmap). No public proof-of-concept exists, but the low attack complexity and lack of required user interaction make the action trivial once authenticated. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 01, 2026
Broken access control in JetBrains YouTrack before 2026.2.19422 allows any authenticated user to add themselves to a project team, gaining unauthorized access to restricted issues. This CVE-2026-103488 has a CVSS score of 7.1 and requires a low-privileged account (PR:L); no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis. The flaw is classified as CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) and affects all YouTrack versions prior to the fixed release 2026.2.19422.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade to JetBrains YouTrack 2026.2.19422 or later. The fix is available from JetBrains and addresses the missing authorization check. For environments where immediate upgrade is not possible, implement compensating controls: restrict account creation to trusted users (e.g., disable self-registration or enforce SSO with strict provisioning) to prevent unauthorized accounts from being used, though this may hinder legitimate external reporters; regularly audit project team memberships and review audit logs for unexpected additions, removing any unauthorized members; and limit the ability for users to modify their own project memberships through custom roles if the platform allows. Note that these workarounds do not fully eliminate the risk and are temporary. Always apply the latest security patches. Refer to the JetBrains advisory at https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/ for details.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability arises from a missing authorization check (CWE-863) in JetBrains YouTrack's project team membership functionality. YouTrack is a project management and issue tracking system where projects can contain issues restricted to team members. Prior to version 2026.2.19422, the application fails to verify that a user has permission to add themselves to a project team. Consequently, any authenticated user can join any project team, effectively bypassing access controls and viewing issues that should be restricted. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N) indicates that the attack is network-accessible, low complexity, requires low privileges, needs no user interaction, and primarily results in confidentiality impact (High), with a low integrity impact from the unauthorized team membership modification. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:jetbrains:youtrack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms that all versions prior to the fixed release are affected. No public exploit code is known, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Network-reachable web app exploitable by any authenticated low-priv user (PR:L) with no interaction; reading restricted issues is C:H, self-added team membership is minor I:L, no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (JetBrains).
CVSS VectorVendor: JetBrains
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
In JetBrains YouTrack before 2026.2.19422 missing authorisation allowed authenticated users to add themselves to project teams and access restricted issues
Executive ViewAI
JetBrains YouTrack, a system many organizations use to hold sensitive engineering, security, and product-planning discussions, contains an access-control flaw that lets any employee with an ordinary account add themselves to a project team and then read issues that were restricted from them. Because the weakness needs only a normal low-privileged login and produces no obvious disruption, it converts every account holder into a potential insider data-exposure path, including contractors and temporary staff. Leadership should treat this as a confidentiality risk to restricted project content rather than a routine ticketing-system defect.
Apply vendor patch. Where immediate deployment across every instance is not feasible, interim mitigations are to require approval for project team membership changes, review and prune current team membership, restrict how many accounts can browse all projects, and alert on self-additions to teams followed by access to restricted issues.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
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In JetBrains YouTrack before 2020.5.3123, server-side template injection (SSTI) was possible, which could lead to code e
An SSRF attack was possible on a JetBrains YouTrack server. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is re
Certain actions could cause privilege escalation for issue attachments in JetBrains YouTrack. Rated critical severity (C
An Insecure Direct Object Reference, with Authorization Bypass through a User-Controlled Key, was possible in JetBrains
A query injection was possible in JetBrains YouTrack. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely
EUVD-2026-90579
GHSA-3c4f-pq5m-4vh4
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