CVE-2018-1000184 Jenkins GitHub Plugin server-side request forgery vulnerability exists

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Attackers with read access can force Jenkins to send GET requests to arbitrary URLs via the GitHub Plugin, enabling server-side request forgery.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2018-1000184?

CVE-2018-1000184 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Jun 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A server-side request forgery vulnerability exists in Jenkins GitHub Plugin 1.29.0 and older in GitHubPluginConfig.java that allows attackers with Overall/Read access to cause Jenkins to send a GET request to a specified URL.

Weakness: CWE-918

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1000184?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.coravy.hudson.plugins.github:github. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
com.coravy.hudson.plugins.github:github MavenAll versions1.29.1
com.coravy.hudson.plugins.github:github MavenAll versions1.29.1

Products include Jenkins Github.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1000184?

Upgrade com.coravy.hudson.plugins.github:github to 1.29.1 or later.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2018-1000184 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1000184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gh85-mq87-r7v3.

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