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| Date | Provider | Score | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Sep 2026, 1:53 AM | The Hacker News | 7.5 | Attackers Exploit Critical JFrog Artifactory Flaw to Mint Admin Tokens Days After Disclosure
A critical authentication bypass flaw (CVE-2026-82329, CVSS 9.8) in JFrog Artifactory is being actively exploited as of September 1, 2026, just days after disclosure. The vulnerability in JFrog Access allows unauthenticated attackers to forge admin credentials using a 'phantom' join key in default configurations, enabling token minting, user enumeration, and potential supply chain poisoning of build pipelines. JFrog patched it in version 7.161.20 on August 28, 2026, but multiple older release branches (7.111 through 7.161) remain vulnerable. Why: If your team runs self-managed JFrog Artifactory on any of the affected versions (7.111.4–7.161.19 across six branches), patch to 7.161.20 or the fixed point release for your branch immediately—attackers are already minting admin tokens and enumerating credentials on unpatched instances. This is not theoretical: the flaw requires no authentication and affects default configs, meaning any internet-exposed instance is likely compromised or will be soon. If you cannot patch right now, restrict network access to the Artifactory instance as a stopgap. |
| 03 Sep 2026, 1:19 PM | The Hacker News | 5.5 | CISA Adds Seven Exploited Flaws as Attackers Deploy Reverse Shells and Crypto Miners
CISA added seven actively exploited vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, including a CVSS 10.0 SSRF and a 7.8 OS command injection in SonicWall SMA 1000, a 9.8 improper authentication flaw in JFrog Artifactory allowing unauthenticated admin access under default config, a 6.5 HTTP request smuggling issue in Kludex Starlette, a 10.0 unauthenticated workflow execution flaw in Kestra OSS, and an 8.8 improper authentication bug in Berri LiteLLM's MCP Streamable HTTP endpoint that lets an unauthenticated attacker establish an authenticated MCP session with an arbitrary Bearer token. Why: If you run JFrog Artifactory with default configuration, patch immediately—unauthenticated network access yields admin privileges. If you expose LiteLLM's MCP Streamable HTTP endpoint in an AI agent stack, an attacker can hijack an authenticated MCP session with any Bearer token, which is critical for anyone building MCP-based agent tooling. Starlette users should check whether their auth depends on reconstructed URL paths, as request smuggling can bypass it. |