# CVE-2025-68269: Security feature bypass in IntelliJ IDEA

> Attackers can bypass security prompts to open untrusted remote projects over SSH in IntelliJ IDEA, potentially exposing users to malicious code.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 16 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4qgf-3m3q-8xm4

## What is CVE-2025-68269?

CVE-2025-68269 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Intellij Idea, published on 16 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2025.3 missing confirmation allowed opening of untrusted remote projects over SSH

Weakness: CWE-349 (Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-68269?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Jetbrains Intellij Idea.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-68269?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-68269 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-68269 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68269 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Jetbrains Intellij Idea

- [CVE-2026-64812](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-64812/): Missing authorization in IntelliJ IDEA (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-64813](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-64813/): Missing authorization in IntelliJ IDEA (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2020-11690](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11690/): Server-side request forgery in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-10104](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10104/): Misconfiguration in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-9186](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9186/): Misconfiguration in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-68269 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-68269 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Intellij Idea, published on 16 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68269 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Jetbrains Intellij Idea. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68269/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68269/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68269
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68269
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-68269

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68269/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.