CVE-2026-123306: In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.3 improper checks allowed server certificates to be added to the trust store during headless runs
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 29/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.20% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
- Fixed version: JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 2026.3.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 2026.3 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
- Published
- Nov 6, 2026
- Updated
- Nov 10, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 10th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-295
Report tools
Action score
29
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 29 / 40 · 7.4 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · JetBrains
- 7.4
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| jetbrains | intellij idea | cpe:2.3:a:jetbrains:intellij_idea |
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Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (JetBrains). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA
- before 2026.3affected · semver
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- jetbrains intellij ideabefore 2026.3
Same product
jetbrains: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-64813In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.2 unauthorized settings modification was possible in a Remote Development session40Plan
- CVE-2026-64812In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.2 unauthorized input injection was possible in a Remote Development session40Plan
- CVE-2020-11690In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2020.1, the license server could be resolved to an untrusted host in some cases.40Plan
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-123304Nov 6, 2026 · In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.3 code execution in untrusted projects via a configured ShellCheck path31Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-123305Nov 6, 2026 · In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.3 path traversal was possible via unpacking Dev Container archives from a remote host30Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-123307Nov 6, 2026 · In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.3,
2026.2.4 unauthenticated connection to an arbitrary host via run configurations was possible27Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA | 2026.3 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Published
- Fix recordedsame day
- TodayNov 13, 2026+7 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-295 · Improper Certificate ValidationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
nvd-secondary
Root cause
A certificate validation error is silently swallowed instead of terminating the connection. Often, code added for a test environment makes its way into production.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-295 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
override fun checkServerTrusted(chain: Array<X509Certificate>, type: String) {
// Left empty for the test environment
}Fixed
val client = OkHttpClient.Builder()
.certificatePinner(
CertificatePinner.Builder()
.add("api.sirius.example", "sha256/…")
.build()
).build()Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- SSVC exploitation— → none
- Exploit maturity— → none
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.