JetBrains TeamCity up to 2025.11.0 GitHub Personal Access Token least privilege violation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in JetBrains TeamCity up to 2025.11.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component GitHub Personal Access Token Handler. The manipulation results in least privilege violation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-68267. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in JetBrains TeamCity up to 2025.11.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component GitHub Personal Access Token Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a least privilege violation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-272. The elevated privilege level required to perform operations such as chroot() should be dropped immediately after the operation is performed. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In JetBrains TeamCity before 2025.11.1 excessive privileges were possible due to storing GitHub personal access token instead of an installation token

The advisory is available at jetbrains.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-68267 since 12/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 279406 (JetBrains TeamCity < 2025.11.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 2025.11.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (279406). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.5
CNA Vector (JetBrains): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Least privilege violation
CWE: CWE-272 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 279406
Nessus Name: JetBrains TeamCity < 2025.11.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: TeamCity 2025.11.1

Timelineinfo

12/16/2025 Advisory disclosed
12/16/2025 +0 days CVE reserved
12/16/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/20/2025 +4 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: jetbrains.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-68267 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-68267
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-336882

Entryinfo

Created: 12/16/2025 17:57
Updated: 12/20/2025 02:17
Changes: 12/16/2025 17:57 (64), 12/20/2025 02:17 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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