🛡️ CVE-2026-59792 — intellij-idea

🔴 CVSS 9.6 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-23 NVD
9.6
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.1.4,

2026.2 code execution via path traversal in project workspace ID handling was possible

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability low.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-59792 is classified as CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal. Relative path sequences in user input are not neutralised, so requests can climb out of the intended directory.

Affected software

CVE-2026-59792 is recorded against 1 package.

  • intellij-idea (fixed in 2026.1.4)

Timeline and source

Published on 10 July 2026 and last revised on 14 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.jetbrains.com

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.6
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CWE CWE-23
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-07-10
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-07-14
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
intellij-idea 2026.1.4

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