CVE-2017-1000398 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Jenkins

What is CVE-2017-1000398?

CVE-2017-1000398 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 26 Jan 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The remote API in Jenkins 2.73.1 and earlier, 2.83 and earlier at /computer/(agent-name)/api showed information about tasks (typically builds) currently running on that agent. This included information about tasks that the current user otherwise has no access to, e.g. due to lack of Item/Read permission. This has been fixed, and the API now only shows information about accessible tasks.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1000398?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core. It affects 1 product.

Products include Jenkins Jenkins.

How do I fix CVE-2017-1000398?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 2.73.2 or 2.84.

Is CVE-2017-1000398 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1000398 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-h972-cwjv-2v39.