CVE-2023-42793
JetBrains TeamCity Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
JetBrains TeamCityApplications & CMS
CVSS
9.8CriticalExploit odds (EPSS)>99.9%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
CISA required actionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA KEV
What fixes it
- 2023.05.4TeamCityCVE List
A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.
Timeline
- 19 Sep 2023Exploit code publicMetasploit
- 19 Sep 2023, 16:57 UTCPublishedCVE List
- 4 Oct 2023Added to CISA KEVCISA KEV
Public exploit code and templates 3
- Exploit moduleJetBrains TeamCity Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution 19 Sep 2023Metasploit
- Remote exploitJetBrains TeamCity 2023.05.3 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) 14 Mar 2024Exploit-DB
- Scanner templateJetBrains TeamCity < 2023.05.4 - Remote Code ExecutionNuclei
Listed so defenders can prioritize. Threatline links to the source and does not host exploit code.
Description
JetBrains TeamCity contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows for remote code execution on TeamCity Server.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 1
- TeamCityaffected: all versions before 2023.05.4CVE List
References 9
- blog.jetbrains.com/teamcity/2023/09/critical-security-issue-affecting-teamcity-on-premises-update-to-2023-05-4-now/Advisoryvia CISA KEV
- jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/Advisoryvia CVE List
- securityweek.com/recently-patched-teamcity-vulnerability-exploited-to-hack-servers/Advisoryvia CVE List
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42793Referencevia CISA KEV
- blog.jetbrains.com/teamcity/2023/09/cve-2023-42793-vulnerability-post-mortem/Referencevia CVE List
- attackerkb.com/topics/1XEEEkGHzt/cve-2023-42793Referencevia CVE List
- rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/09/25/etr-cve-2023-42793-critical-authentication-bypass-in-jetbrains-teamcity-ci-cd-servers/Referencevia CVE List
- sonarsource.com/blog/teamcity-vulnerability/Referencevia CVE List
- cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-42793Referencevia CVE List