{"id":"CVE-2023-26269","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-26269","generatedAt":"2026-10-24T01:11:02.351Z","title":"This allows privilege escalation by a malicious local user.","description":"Apache James server version 3.7.3 and earlier provides a JMX management service without authentication by default. This allows privilege escalation by a \nmalicious local user.\n\nAdministrators are advised to disable JMX, or set up a JMX password.\n\nNote that version 3.7.4 onward will set up a JMX password automatically for Guice users.","published":"2023-04-03T08:15:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:42:57.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-862"],"affected":["apache/james"],"epss":{"score":0.00654,"percentile":0.50688,"date":"2026-10-22","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.65%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/3","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/2z44rg93pflbjhvbwy3xtz505bx41cbs","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/3","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/2z44rg93pflbjhvbwy3xtz505bx41cbs","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26269","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}