Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-64811

Jetbrains Intellij Idea ≤ 2026.2

Published
23 July 2026
Modified
28 July 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0013 3th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-64811 is a high-severity Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere (CWE-829) vulnerability in Jetbrains Intellij Idea. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked at the 3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-3 (Malicious Code Protection) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.2 arbitrary code execution was possible before granting project trust via development container configuration

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
Why these techniques?

Vulnerability directly enables arbitrary code execution in a client application (IDE) via malicious dev container config before trust approval, mapping to exploitation for client execution.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Likely ATT&CK TechniquesAI

Techniques this vulnerability likely enables, inferred from its description, weakness type, and attributed-actor tradecraft. Confidence is per-technique.

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Executionconfidence: HIGH
The vulnerability directly allows arbitrary code execution via malicious dev container config before project trust is granted.
inferred from description + CWE · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

jetbrains
intellij idea
≤ 2026.2

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • SI-3 Malicious Code Protection
  • CM-7 Least Functionality
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 6 hardening rules · 6 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V14.2.3
  • V3.5.6
  • V9.1.3
  • V15.3.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Enforces the project trust decision before any code from the development container configuration is permitted to execute.

prevent

Blocks or contains malicious code introduced via untrusted dev container configurations before it can run.

prevent

Disables automatic processing or execution of functionality from untrusted external container definitions.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

ID.RA-09 full match
prevents

Pre-acquisition integrity/authenticity checks directly prevent inclusion of untrusted code.

GV.SC-01 mostly match
prevents

Supply-chain program directly governs inclusion of third-party executable code.

GV.SC-05 mostly match
prevents

Contractual requirements can mandate trusted sources and integrity checks for included functionality.

GV.SC-07 mostly match
prevents

Supplier risk assessment explicitly covers risks from their products and libraries.

ID.RA-10 mostly match
prevents

Critical-supplier assessment reduces risk of importing executable functionality from untrusted parties.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices include dependency vetting and trusted-source policies.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

By requiring suppliers to propagate security requirements and to disclose component provenance, the control limits the inclusion of functionality obtained from untrusted third-party sources without oversight.

none

Blocking domains that serve malware or untrusted scripts prevents the browser from automatically including functionality from an attacker-controlled source.

References