CVE-2018-1000193 Injection in Jenkins
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.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core Maven | All versions | 2.107.3 |
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core Maven | All versions | 2.107.3 |
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core Maven | From 2.108 | 2.121 |
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core Maven | From 2.108 | 2.121 |
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.