CVE-2019-9733

High PUBLISHED

An issue was discovered in JFrog Artifactory 6.7.3. By default, the access-admin account is used to reset the password of the admin account in case...

JFrog · Artifactory

Not yet in CISA KEV

Exploited in the wild PoC available

Recommended Action

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Confidence
High
Exploitation Status
Exploited in the wild
Observed in Sensors
No
Attempts (30d)
Unique Attacker IPs
CISA KEV
Not yet in CISA KEV
CVSS / EPSS
9.8 Critical

At a Glance

An issue was discovered in JFrog Artifactory 6.7.3. By default, the access-admin account is used to reset the password of the admin account in case an administrator gets locked out from the Artifactory console. This is only allowable from a connection directly from localhost, but providing a X-Forwarded-For HTTP header to the request allows an unauthenticated user to login with the default credentials of the access-admin account while bypassing the whitelist of allowed IP addresses. The access-admin account can use Artifactory's API to request authentication tokens for all users including the admin account and, in turn, assume full control of all artifacts and repositories managed by Artifactory.

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CVE Published
Apr 11, 2019
Exploitation Reported
Jun 28, 2025
CVSS
9.8 Critical
EPSS
Remote Low complexity No user interaction Unauthenticated

Affected Versions

Vendor Product Version Status
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Affected

CVE References

Recommended Actions

  • Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.
  • Check enrichment artifacts for scanner coverage and available PoCs before rolling remediation validation.
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