What is CVE-2024-28228?

CVE-2024-28228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Youtrack, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-28228?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-28228 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Jetbrains Youtrack

CVE-2024-28228

In JetBrains YouTrack before 2024.1.25893 creation comments on behalf of an arbitrary user in HelpDesk was possible

Published 2024-03-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jetbrains Youtrack — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-290 — Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-28228?: CVE-2024-28228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Youtrack, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-28228?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-28228 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.