Summary
CVE-2026-82329 is a critical improper authentication vulnerability (CWE-287) in JFrog Artifactory that, under default configuration, allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to obtain administrative privileges. The flaw carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical) and requires no authentication, privileges, or user interaction to exploit.
Technical details
- Root cause: a weakness in Artifactory’s authentication handling that fails to properly restrict access under default configuration.
- Trigger conditions: the vulnerable behavior is present in default, out-of-the-box configurations of self-hosted Artifactory instances.
- Attack vector: network-based, requiring no prior authentication or user interaction (AC:L, PR:N, UI:N).
- Impact: successful exploitation grants administrative privileges, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the Artifactory instance and the artifacts/repositories it manages.
Affected software
- JFrog Artifactory versions before 7.111.21
- 7.117.0 through 7.117.27 (fixed in 7.117.28)
- 7.125.0 through 7.125.19 (fixed in 7.125.20)
- 7.133.0 through 7.133.28 (fixed in 7.133.29)
- 7.146.0 through 7.146.36/37 (fixed in 7.146.38)
- 7.161.0 through 7.161.19 (fixed in 7.161.20)
Severity
- CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 9.8 (Critical)
- Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Mitigation and recommended actions
- Immediate: self-hosted Artifactory instances should be upgraded to the patched version for their branch — 7.111.21, 7.117.28, 7.125.20, 7.133.29, 7.146.38, or 7.161.20 — as applicable.
- JFrog-hosted cloud deployments have already been patched by JFrog; no customer action is required for those environments.
- If patching cannot be performed immediately, restrict network access to the Artifactory administrative interface to trusted internal networks only until the upgrade is applied.

