User Impersonation Affecting org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core package, versions [,2.107.3) [2.120,2.121)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGJENKINSCIMAIN-32370
  • published 13 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 26 Apr 2018
  • credit Sureshbabu Narvaneni

How to fix?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to versions 2.107.3, 2.121 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to User Impersonation via the HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm.java method. A malicious user could sign up using user names containing control characters that can then appear to have the same name as other users, and cannot be deleted via the UI.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
4.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

4.3 medium