---
id: CVE-2026-42018
title: Anonymous user token generation exposure in JFrog Artifactory
summary: >-
  JFrog Artifactory could return an internal anonymous-user token to an
  unauthenticated caller when anonymous access is disabled, potentially exposing
  sensitive resources.
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-287
vendor: jfrog
product: artifactory
affected:
  - artifactory < 7.111.20
  - artifactory >= 7.117.0 < 7.117.27
  - artifactory >= 7.125.0 < 7.125.19
  - artifactory >= 7.133.0 < 7.133.28
  - artifactory >= 7.146.0 < 7.146.8
ssvc:
  exploitation: active
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-11T00:00:00+00:00'
exploited: true
exploitAvailable: true
published: '2026-08-12'
updated: '2026-09-12'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-12T03:55:21.730Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42018'
references:
  - url: 'https://docs.jfrog.com/releases/docs/jfrog-security-advisories'
  - url: 'https://docs.jfrog.com/releases/docs/artifactory-self-managed-releases'
tags:
  - cve.org
  - in-the-wild
  - exploit-available
  - kev
epss: 0.11038
epssPercentile: 0.95711
kev: true
kevDateAdded: '2026-09-11'
kevDueDate: '2026-09-25'
kevRansomware: false
ingestedAt: '2026-09-14T15:23:07.483Z'
exploits:
  nuclei:
    - CVE-2026-42018
  checkedAt: '2026-09-23T07:14:04.559Z'
---

## Overview

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

## Affected

- `artifactory < 7.111.20`
- `artifactory >= 7.117.0 < 7.117.27`
- `artifactory >= 7.125.0 < 7.125.19`
- `artifactory >= 7.133.0 < 7.133.28`
- `artifactory >= 7.146.0 < 7.146.8`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.