CVE-2026-82329 — Artifactory
CRITICALCVE-2026-82329 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) Improper Authentication vulnerability in jfrog artifactory. EPSS puts its 30-day exploitation probability at 14.1% (97th percentile). A fix is available — see the affected versions and patch details below.
JFrog Artifactory contains an authentication weakness that, under default configuration, may allow an unauthenticated attacker with network access to obtain administrative privileges.
Exploitation Status
Actively exploited in the wild
- CISA’s SSVC triage classifies this CVE as under active exploitation.
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-82329.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2026-82329 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 386,684 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the 10–50% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Description
JFrog Artifactory contains an authentication weakness that, under default configuration, may allow an unauthenticated attacker with network access to obtain administrative privileges.
Affected Products
artifactoryjfrogDetection & mitigation playbook
Vendor / applianceDetect
Inventory every jfrog artifactory deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above.
Fix
Apply the jfrog artifactory security patch or hotfix for CVE-2026-82329 on the affected version, following the vendor advisory for your exact build.
Workarounds
Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used. Alongside that, restrict the management interface to trusted networks and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations.
How to detect CVE-2026-82329
A community-maintained Nuclei template exists for this CVE. You can scan for it directly:
nuclei -id cve-2026-82329 -u https://target- Template
- JFrog Artifactory Access Blank Join Key Authentication Bypass
- Severity
- critical
- Impact
- Unauthenticated attackers can gain administrative privileges, leading to full system control.
- Remediation
- Update to the latest version and ensure secure configuration.
Template by ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates (johnk3r, pruva), MIT licensed. View the full template. Scan only systems you are authorised to test.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-82329 being exploited in your environment?
Detect and block the exploit chain at execution, on systems you cannot patch yet.