CVE-2026-118697 vulnerability in JetBrains Products
Published on October 30, 2026
In JetBrains Toolbox App before 3.9.1 and 3.8.2; IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, PhpStorm, RubyMine, WebStorm, GoLand and Rider before 2026.3 and 2026.2.4; CLion before 2026.3 and 2026.2.4.1; DataGrip before 2026.3 and 2026.2.6.1; RustRover before 2026.3 and 2026.2.5, the jetbrainsd daemon trusted compromised intermediate certificates
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-118697 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
Improper Certificate Validation
The software does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. When a certificate is invalid or malicious, it might allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by interfering in the communication path between the host and client. The software might connect to a malicious host while believing it is a trusted host, or the software might be deceived into accepting spoofed data that appears to originate from a trusted host.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-118697
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Affected Versions
JetBrains Toolbox App:- Version 3.9 and below 3.9.1 is affected.
- Before 3.8.2 is affected.
- Before 2026.2.4 is affected.
- Before 2026.2.4 is affected.
- Before 2026.2.4 is affected.
- Before 2026.2.4 is affected.
- Before 2026.2.4 is affected.
- Before 2026.2.4 is affected.
- Before 2026.2.4 is affected.
- Before 2026.2.4.1 is affected.
- Before 2026.2.6.1 is affected.
- Before 2026.2.5 is affected.