CVE-2026-100269: CWE-862 in JetBrains YouTrack
CVE-2026-100269 is a medium severity vulnerability in JetBrains YouTrack before version 2026.2.19197. It involves a bypass of the Authorized Reporters list in helpdesk projects, classified under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization). This could allow users with limited privileges to perform actions reserved for authorized reporters. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 score of 4.3, indicating low complexity and network attack vector but limited impact on confidentiality and availability.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-100269) affects JetBrains YouTrack versions prior to 2026.2.19197. It allows bypassing the Authorized Reporters list in helpdesk projects, which is a missing authorization control (CWE-862). The flaw permits users with lower privileges to act as authorized reporters, potentially leading to unauthorized information modification. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack can be performed remotely with low complexity and requires low privileges, but it does not impact confidentiality or availability.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to integrity, allowing unauthorized users to perform reporter actions in helpdesk projects. There is no impact on confidentiality or availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in JetBrains YouTrack version 2026.2.19197. Users should upgrade to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on user action to apply the update. Patch status is confirmed by the affectedVersions data indicating the fix in 2026.2.19197.
CVE-2026-100269: CWE-862 in JetBrains YouTrack
Description
CVE-2026-100269 is a medium severity vulnerability in JetBrains YouTrack before version 2026.2.19197. It involves a bypass of the Authorized Reporters list in helpdesk projects, classified under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization). This could allow users with limited privileges to perform actions reserved for authorized reporters. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 score of 4.3, indicating low complexity and network attack vector but limited impact on confidentiality and availability.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
JetBrains
YouTrack
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-100269) affects JetBrains YouTrack versions prior to 2026.2.19197. It allows bypassing the Authorized Reporters list in helpdesk projects, which is a missing authorization control (CWE-862). The flaw permits users with lower privileges to act as authorized reporters, potentially leading to unauthorized information modification. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack can be performed remotely with low complexity and requires low privileges, but it does not impact confidentiality or availability.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to integrity, allowing unauthorized users to perform reporter actions in helpdesk projects. There is no impact on confidentiality or availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in JetBrains YouTrack version 2026.2.19197. Users should upgrade to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on user action to apply the update. Patch status is confirmed by the affectedVersions data indicating the fix in 2026.2.19197.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- JetBrains
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-25T17:02:07.714Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6abd2c322a4e24523d2ec30a
Added to database: 09/30/2026, 15:35:14 UTC
Last enriched: 09/30/2026, 15:50:44 UTC
Last updated: 10/01/2026, 03:42:49 UTC
Views: 16
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