Administrator privilege escalation via refresh-token signature validation
Published Jul 27, 2026 · Updated Jul 27, 2026
Improper signature verification in JFrog Artifactory before 7.146.27 allows remote authenticated users to obtain administrator tokens. Artifactory's refresh-token validation accepts a non-admin user's token in a way that causes the service to sign and return a JFrog administrator token. A non-admin account and network access are required; the resulting token grants administrator privileges over the repository service.
Summary
What happened
Improper signature verification in JFrog Artifactory before 7.146.27 allows remote authenticated users to obtain administrator tokens. Artifactory's refresh-token validation accepts a non-admin user's token in a way that causes the service to sign and return a JFrog administrator token. A non-admin account and network access are required; the resulting token grants administrator privileges over the repository service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-65616
- Published
- Jul 27, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 27, 2026
- Vendor
- JFrog
- Product
- Artifactory
- Classifications
- CWE-347, T1606
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 27, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <7.146.27
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