Session Fixation Affecting org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core package, versions [2.266,2.289.2)[2.292,2.300)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGJENKINSCIMAIN-3182859
  • published25 Dec 2022
  • disclosed24 May 2022
  • creditNotMyFault

Introduced: 24 May 2022

CVE-2021-21671  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-384  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to version 2.289.2, 2.300 or higher.

Overview

org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core is an open source automation server.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Session Fixation due to not invalidating existing sessions on login, which allows attackers to gain administrator access by convincing an administrator user to perform certain actions.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be avoided by not granting Item/Cancel permission to users who do not have Item/Read permission.

CVSS Scores

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