Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting jenkins package, versions <0:2.361.1.1675668150-1.el8


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-JENKINS-5352885
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed19 Oct 2022

Introduced: 19 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-43409  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 jenkins to version 0:2.361.1.1675668150-1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:0777.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jenkins package and not the jenkins package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Jenkins Pipeline: Supporting APIs Plugin 838.va_3a_087b_4055b and earlier does not sanitize or properly encode URLs of hyperlinks sending POST requests in build logs, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to create Pipelines.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1