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JetBrains YouTrack EUVDEUVD-2026-90582

| CVE-2026-103491 MEDIUM
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639)
2026-10-01 JetBrains GHSA-cxjv-qhfq-qm94
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: JetBrains
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Authenticate as low-privilege YouTrack user
  2. Delivery
    Enumerate restricted issue/activity IDs
  3. Exploit
    Call issue activities API with target ID
  4. Execution
    Server skips authorization check
  5. Impact
    Read restricted issue contents

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
Exploitation Conditions

Requires an authenticated YouTrack account with low privileges (PR:L) on an instance running a version before 2026.2.19422; the attacker then abuses the issue activities API, supplying the identifier of an issue in a project or queue they are not authorized to view. Exploitation is limited by the need for valid credentials and by its confidentiality-only impact (read access to restricted issue activity, no write or denial-of-service). No user interaction and no special non-default configuration are indicated - any instance that hosts restricted/permission-scoped issues alongside lower-privileged users is exposed.

Impact

This is a genuine but moderate-priority authorization flaw, not a high-CVSS-but-illusory issue. The vendor CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, 6.5) is internally consistent and credible: an IDOR in the issue activities API is network-reachable with low complexity, but requires an authenticated low-privilege account (PR:L), and the impact is confidentiality-only (C:H, I:N/A:N) - the attacker reads restricted issues they should not see but cannot modify or deny service. 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. The main data-quality conflict is the 'Authentication Bypass' tag, which contradicts the CWE-639 classification and the PR:L vector: this is a broken-access-control/IDOR issue against already-authenticated users, NOT an authentication bypass - treat the tag as mislabeled. Overall, real-world risk is moderate: trivial to exploit once a user has any YouTrack account, but gated behind authentication and limited to information disclosure.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated low-privilege YouTrack user (e.g., a member of one project) calls the issue activities API and substitutes the issue or activity identifier of an issue in a restricted project or security-limited queue. Because the endpoint authorizes insufficiently, the server returns the activity stream of the restricted issue, disclosing its contents to a user who lacks permission. No public exploit code was identified, but the attack requires only standard API calls with an enumerated or guessed issue ID.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 01, 2026

Authorization bypass in JetBrains YouTrack before 2026.2.19422 allows an authenticated user with only low privileges to read the activity history of restricted issues they are not authorized to view. The root cause is an insecure direct object reference in the issue activities API, where the endpoint resolves a caller-supplied issue identifier without verifying that the caller holds read access to that issue. Exploitation requires valid low-privileged credentials but no user interaction or non-default configuration, and the impact is confidentiality-only (CVSS 3.1 base 6.5, C:H/I:N/A:N); no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis, and the vendor has released a fix in 2026.2.19422.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade YouTrack to 2026.2.19422 or later; this is the fixed build cited in the CVE record and the primary and recommended remediation. Because the flaw is an authenticated, permission-check failure in the REST API rather than something configurable, there is no clean configuration toggle that removes the risk while remaining on an older build. If immediate upgrade is not possible, the practical compensating controls are: restrict or eliminate low-privileged authenticated accounts on instances that hold sensitive restricted issues, accepting the operational cost that legitimate read-only or guest-style collaboration is curtailed; treat the confidentiality of any issue activity stream as potentially compromised for the exposure window and review audit logs for requests to issue activities endpoints referencing issue IDs outside the caller's project membership. Blocking the activities API endpoint at a reverse proxy is generally not advisable because the YouTrack web UI consumes the same REST API, so such a rule would break the activity feed in the browser interface and any integrations relying on it - it is only viable for API-only deployments with no interactive users. See the JetBrains advisory at https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/ for the definitive per-version fix guidance before applying any workaround.

Affected VersionsENISA

YouTrack 0 <2026.2.19422

Affected Packages

euvd youtrack fix: 2026.2.19422

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key), the object-level authorization failure class often referred to as IDOR/BOLA. YouTrack exposes issue activities through its REST API, which returns the change history of an issue - comments, field and status transitions, work items, and related metadata. The affected endpoint accepted an issue identifier from the request and returned that issue's activity stream without confirming that the requesting principal had permission to read the underlying issue, so any authenticated account (per the CVSS vector PR:L, i.e. low-privileged, remote, no user interaction and no special configuration) could enumerate or guess identifiers for issues in projects and queues it was not a member of. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:jetbrains:youtrack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses a wildcard version, confirming that all YouTrack builds prior to the fixed 2026.2.19422 release are in scope rather than a single build. Because the flaw is a missing server-side permission check rather than a cryptographic or memory-safety weakness, exploitation is deterministic and repeatable once a valid low-privileged account exists, but it does not permit modification of issues or availability impact (I:N/A:N).

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Severity by source

Vendor (JetBrains) PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Network API reachable with low complexity but requires an authenticated low-privilege account (PR:L); impact is confidentiality-only disclosure of restricted issues, so I:N/A:N.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (JetBrains).

CVSS VectorVendor: JetBrains

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

Lifecycle Timeline

1
Patch available
Oct 01, 2026 - 10:16 EUVD

DescriptionCVE.org

In JetBrains YouTrack before 2026.2.19422 iDOR in the issue activities API allowed reading restricted issues

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 91% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
widely-used self-hosted/cloud issue tracker, common but not ubiquitous
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 MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
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
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0
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