Privilege Escalation Affecting org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core package, versions [,1.596.1)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.27% (66th percentile)
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NVD
5 medium
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Red Hat
5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGJENKINSCIMAIN-32326
  • published 28 May 2018
  • disclosed 27 Feb 2015
  • credit Steven Christou

How to fix?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to version 1.596.1 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via the HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm class. It does not restrict access to reserved names when using the Jenkins own user database setting, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges by creating a reserved name.