CVE-2018-1000193 Injection in Jenkins

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers can create users with control characters to impersonate others and prevent deletion, requiring Jenkins administrators to upgrade.

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-2018-1000193?

CVE-2018-1000193 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 5 Jun 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A improper neutralization of control sequences vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.120 and older, LTS 2.107.2 and older in HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm.java that allows users to sign up using user names containing control characters that can then appear to have the same name as other users, and cannot be deleted via the UI.

Weakness: CWE-74

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1000193?

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

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core MavenAll versions2.107.3
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core MavenAll versions2.107.3
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core MavenFrom 2.1082.121
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core MavenFrom 2.1082.121

Products include Jenkins Jenkins, Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Automated Test Suite.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1000193?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 2.107.3 or 2.121.

Is CVE-2018-1000193 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1000193 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-7592-93rm-6gpx.

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