Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This issue lets an attacker retrieve a YouTrack issue description they should not be allowed to access. The business risk is exposure of restricted project, customer, security, or operational details stored inside issue descriptions.
Executive priority
Treat as a targeted confidentiality risk. Prioritize remediation where YouTrack contains customer data, security reports, credentials, roadmap details, or restricted internal investigations.
Technical view
CVE-2020-24618 affects JetBrains YouTrack versions before 2020.3.4313, 2020.2.11008, 2020.1.11011, 2019.1.65514, 2019.2.65515, and 2019.3.65516. The flaw is an access-control bypass for issue descriptions. Public sources provide no CVSS vector, CWE, or detailed trigger conditions.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running affected JetBrains YouTrack versions and storing sensitive information in issue descriptions. The source bundle does not identify affected deployment models, authentication requirements, or impacted APIs.
Exploitation context
The bundle marks KEV as false and provides no cited evidence of active exploitation. The public description confirms unauthorized retrieval of issue descriptions but does not provide exploit maturity, attack complexity, or preconditions.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: no CVSS, CWE, exploit status, or detailed vulnerability mechanics are provided in the source bundle. Validate only with authorized access-control checks and vendor documentation; avoid assuming broader data exposure beyond issue descriptions.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade YouTrack to the fixed build for your maintained branch or later.
- Review JetBrains security bulletin and JT-59265 for branch-specific guidance.
- Restrict sensitive information in issue descriptions until affected systems are upgraded.
- Audit access controls for restricted projects and issues.
Validation and detection
- Inventory all YouTrack instances and record exact version/build numbers.
- Compare versions against the fixed builds listed in the CVE description.
- Review logs for unusual access to restricted issue descriptions.
- Confirm restricted issue descriptions remain inaccessible to unauthorized users after remediation.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://blog.jetbrains.com/CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JT-59265CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://blog.jetbrains.com/2020/11/16/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q3-2020/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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