9.8

CVE-2019-17444: jfrog artifactory Weak Password Requirements

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
Published 12-10-2020Last modified 16-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-17444 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Weak Password Requirements vulnerability in jfrog artifactory. EPSS estimates a 69.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
69.45%
0%100%
Critical · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-10-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

69.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 69.45% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
69.45%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Jfrog1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links