CVE-2026-63077
JetBrains TeamCity Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
In JetBrains TeamCity before 2026.1.3, 2025.11.7 unauthenticated remote code execution was possible via the agent polling protocol
Published Updated Sources: NVD, JetBrains (CNA), CISA, FIRST EPSS, GitHub, GitHub Security Advisory, SOCRadar CTI
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Confirmed
CISA KEV, listed Aug 5, 2026
EPSS
1%
ahead of 60% of scored CVEs
CVSS base
9.8
critical
CISA SSVC assessment
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Exploitation
Active
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
Yes
can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Total
partial · total control of the vulnerable component
Remediation
The vendor's own words where we have them.
Upgrade TeamCity to a fixed release. Apply vendor patches per advisory and restrict external exposure of the affected component until patched.
CISA required action
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Federal deadline Aug 8, 2026 — passed 17 days ago
First 24 hours
Ordered from the record's own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found.
- Identify exposed assets running affected vendor/product/version combinations.
- Treat as emergency remediation because CISA KEV status is present.
- Search available logs for exploit probes, errors, authentication anomalies, or suspicious child processes matching the vulnerability class.
Affected scope
Vendor, product and version as the advisories word them.
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| JetBrains | TeamCity | 0 to < 2026.1.3, 2025.11.7 | Vulnerable |
Attack characteristics
The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.
Availability
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Scope
Unchanged
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Vector
Network
Privileges Req
None
User Interaction
None
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | CVSS 3.1 | critical | 3.9 | 5.9 | JetBrains (CNA), GHSA |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What this weakness leads to
MITRE's own consequences and mitigations for the weakness class — the authority's wording, not guidance derived from the CVSS vector.
CWE-502 · Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- Modify Application Data
- Unexpected State
- DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)
- Varies by Context
Mitigation: If available, use the signing/sealing features of the programming language to assure that deserialized data has not been tainted. For example, a hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) could be used to ensure that data has not been modified.
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
CISA KEV details
CISA lists a CVE here once it has evidence of exploitation against real targets.
Listed
Aug 5, 2026
Federal deadline
Aug 8, 2026
passed 17 days ago
Ransomware use
Unknown
CISA records ransomware use only for campaigns it has confirmed, so “Unknown” means unrecorded, not ruled out. The deadline binds US federal agencies; for everyone else it is a date to argue against.
Public exploit
Capability, not use: code existing is a different claim from anyone running it.
Repositories
14
Exploit entries
2
Exploit-DB and CTI exploit indexes
Social mentions
Posts naming this CVE. Attention, not evidence of exploitation — it spikes on disclosure and decays whether or not anything is exploited.
🚨 CVE-2026-63077 - critical 🚨 JetBrains TeamCity JetBrains TeamCity < 2026.1.3, 2025.11.7 contains a remote code execution caused by u... 👾 https://t.co/hMBXl18ntG @pdnuclei #NucleiTemplates #cve
@pdnuclei_bot· Aug 9, 2026
Une faille critique n’est jamais “juste un patch à appliquer plus tard” — surtout quand elle est déjà exploitée dans la nature. Selon The Hacker News, CISA alerte sur l’exploitation active de CVE-2026-63077, une vulnérabilité RCE critique affectant JetBrains TeamCity on-premi...
@237hackers· Aug 9, 2026
A critical flaw is never “just another patch for later” — especially when it is already being exploited in the wild. According to The Hacker News, CISA has flagged active exploitation of CVE-2026-63077, a critical RCE vulnerability affecting on-premise JetBrains TeamCity. Whe...
@237hackers· Aug 9, 2026
CISA added CVE-2026-63077, a critical unauthenticated remote-code-execution flaw in JetBrains TeamCity (CVSS 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on August 5, 2026, citing active exploitation. Federal agencies must patch by August 8. Sources: CISA, The H https://t.co/GKu349tWgz
@ShortInfoNews· Aug 9, 2026
CISA added CVE-2026-63077 in JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises to its KEV catalog after confirming active exploitation of this critical unauthenticated RCE. https://t.co/bFZxkFy4fP
@Cyb3rR3s34rch· Aug 8, 2026
35 more posts on this CVEShowing 5 of 40 · Who is discussing this CVE, and how loudlyUnlock freeDetection
Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.
- Prioritize edge telemetry for network-reachable TeamCity.
- Monitor for scanner or exploit-pattern traffic after 16 public PoC repositories were reported.
Timeline
What happened to this CVE, newest first — with the readings a source repeats on a schedule counted underneath rather than listed.
- 2026
Cve is exploited AnggaTechI/CVE-2026-63077
Aug 8, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
Cve is exploited BoredHackerBlog/teamcity-CVE-2026-63077-pcap
Aug 8, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
Added · CVSS 3.1 9.8 (AV:N)
Aug 6, 2026 · NVD
Added to CISA KEV catalog
Aug 5, 2026 · CISA
Initial · CVE published
Jul 27, 2026 · NVD
Added · GHSA-94gx-v738-fx9w published (critical)
Jul 27, 2026 · GitHub Security Advisory
Source activity
Readings a source repeats on a schedule, counted rather than listed.
- 10×SvrsJul 29, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
- 9×TweetsJul 30, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
- 6×ModifiedAug 5, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
- 4×Github ReposJul 30, 2026 – Aug 8, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
- 3×TelegramAug 6, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
- 1×CVE appeared in the Cve Trends.Jul 29, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
References
7 on the record
- www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/
Vendor Advisory, NIST
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-63077
US Government Resource, NIST
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63077
NVD, Vendor Advisory
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-94gx-v738-fx9w
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- blog.jetbrains.com/teamcity/2026/07/cve-2026-63077/
Vendor Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk
US Government Resource
- www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk
US Government Resource
Coverage
22 stories from the feeds we poll
Rapid7 Analysis: Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in JetBrains TeamCity (CVE-2026-63077)
Rapid7 Blog · Aug 7, 2026
CISA Flags TeamCity CVE-2026-63077 RCE Flaw Under Active Exploitation in the Wild
The Hacker News · Aug 6, 2026
CVE-2026-63077: Critical unauthenticated remote code execution in JetBrains TeamCity
Rapid7 Blog · Jul 29, 2026
Weekly Cybersecurity Newsletter — Top 50 Cybersecurity Stories of the Week (August 3–7, 2026) - cyberpress.org
cyberpress.org · Aug 9, 2026
Weekly Intelligence Report – 7 Aug 2026 - cyfirma
cyfirma.com · Aug 6, 2026
17 more reports on this CVEShowing 5 of 22 · Vendor research and security press coverageUnlock freeElsewhere on this site
- JetBrainsevery CVE for this vendor
- August 2026what else CISA listed
- Deserializationsame class
- CWE-502other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.
Answered from this record1
What should defenders know first?
CVE-2026-63077 is JetBrains TeamCity Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability, a critical vulnerability affecting TeamCity from JetBrains. The current evidence lists it in CISA KEV, and the exploit status is: Yes: CISA KEV signal present. Public exploit evidence is: 16 public PoC repositories reported; 0 marked weaponized in current dataset. The affected-version evidence is listed in the key facts and affected products tables. Defenders should first verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run those versions, then apply vendor patches or mitigations, restrict reachable attack surface, and preserve logs for detection review. CVSS 9.8 describes technical severity, while EPSS 1% helps estimate near-term exploit likelihood; neither replaces asset context. Unknown fields should remain explicit in tickets, and threat actor, IOC, victimology, or payload claims should not be added unless a cited source supports them. Monitor CISA KEV, vendor advisories, NVD changes, public PoC repositories, and internal telemetry for update triggers.