CVE-2023-26269

highpriority · track · 41OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.007 · 51 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.65% (51st) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Apache James server version 3.7.3 and earlier provides a JMX management service without authentication by default. This allows privilege escalation by a malicious local user. Administrators are advised to disable JMX, or set up a JMX password. Note that version 3.7.4 onward will set up a JMX password automatically for Guice users.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-862USCWE-862US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

mbadanoiu/CVE-2023-26269CVE-2023-26269: Misconfigured JMX in Apache JamesPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Software Foundation Apache James server≤ 0 ≤3.7.3enisa_euvdEU
apache james< 3.7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:james:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.apache.james:javax-mail-extension< 3.7.4osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.james/javax-mail-extension

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-w7r6-v4j7-h94wApache James server's JMX management service vulnerable to privilege escalation by local user2023-04-03ghsa · osvUS
Apache James server version 3.7.3 and earlier provides a JMX management service without authentication by default. This allows privilege escalation by a malicious local user. Administrators are advised to disable JMX, or set up a JMX password. Note that version 3.7.4 onward will set up a JMX password automatically for Guice users.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-04-03modified 2026-06-17

references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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