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title: "CVE-2026-100268: JetBrains YouTrack - Broken Access Control"
description: "JetBrains YouTrack < 2026.2.19197 contains an information disclosure vulnerability caused by project administrators accessing comments from other projects via notification templates, letting project administrators read unauthorized comments, exploit requires project administrator privileges."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-100268/
---

# CVE-2026-100268 JetBrains YouTrack - Broken Access Control

JetBrains YouTrack < 2026.2.19197 contains an information disclosure vulnerability caused by project administrators accessing comments from other projects via notification templates, letting project administrators read unauthorized comments, exploit requires project administrator privileges.

CVSS base score 7.7 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.23% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100268)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Information Disclosure

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Published

30 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-639](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/639.html)

## Vendor fix

Upgrade to version 2026.2.19197 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100268](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100268)
- [https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/](https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
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