CVE-2015-1810 Jenkins does not Restrict Reserved Names Allowing for Privilege Escalation

What is CVE-2015-1810?

CVE-2015-1810 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 16 Oct 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm class in Jenkins before 1.600 and LTS before 1.596.1 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.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1810?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core. It affects 2 products.

Products include Jenkins Jenkins, Redhat Openshift.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1810?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 1.596.1 or 1.600.

Is CVE-2015-1810 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1810 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
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• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-37wm-28rm-56vw.