Allows forging of signed JFrog admin tokens, enabling full control of artifact repositories and supply chain; impacts many development environments.
CVE-2026-65616
Auth flaw lets non-admins forge JFrog admin refresh tokens.
Is CVE-2026-65616 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-65616 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.22% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-65616?
CVE-2026-65616 is rated High. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-65616?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-65616. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-65616 affect?
CVE-2026-65616 affects JFrog Platform, JFrog Artifactory, JFrog Access. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-65616?
Apply vendor patch when available; revoke/rotate admin tokens and keys; audit and restrict access.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Bypass refresh-token signature validation to obtain admin tokens and gain full administrative control of JFrog (modify/inject artifacts, exfiltrate data).
Immediate action required
- affected< 7.146.27
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.