Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-4142

Critical

Published: 01 May 2024

Published
01 May 2024
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0080 74.4th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-4142 is a critical-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Jfrog (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.0 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 25.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An Improper input validation vulnerability that could potentially lead to privilege escalation was discovered in JFrog Artifactory. Due to this vulnerability, users with low privileges may gain administrative access to the system. This issue can also be exploited in Artifactory…

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platforms with anonymous access enabled.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

Jfrog
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

References