Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting jenkins package, versions <0:2.401.1.1685677065-1.el8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-JENKINS-5736762
  • published17 May 2023
  • disclosed16 May 2023

Introduced: 16 May 2023

CVE-2023-32979  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 jenkins to version 0:2.401.1.1685677065-1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:3625.

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 Email Extension Plugin does not perform a permission check in a method implementing form validation, allowing attackers with Overall/Read permission to check for the existence of files in the email-templates/ directory in the Jenkins home directory on the controller file system.

CVSS Scores

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