CVE-2019-17444

JFrog Artifactory does not enforce default admin password change

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 12, 2020 at 09:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:23 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorArtifactory

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 69%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Artifactory· Jenkinsjenkins-plugin
95%
v < 6.17.0
Affected range stops below 6.17.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.x (unaffected)

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

9.8CRITICALpalo_alto
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-521

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