What is CVE-2018-1000424?

CVE-2018-1000424 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jfrog Artifactory, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-1000424?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jfrog Artifactory

CVE-2018-1000424

An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability exists in Jenkins Artifactory Plugin 2.16.1 and earlier in ArtifactoryBuilder.java, CredentialsConfig.java that allows attackers with local file system access to obtain old credentials configured for the plugin before it integrated with Credentials Plugin.

Published 2019-01-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (24.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 24.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jfrog Artifactory

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/106532 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-09-25/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000424?: CVE-2018-1000424 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jfrog Artifactory, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000424?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.