CVE-2018-1000409 Session Fixation in Jenkins

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Attackers can hijack user sessions during account creation in Jenkins, potentially leading to unauthorized access to user accounts.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2018-1000409?

CVE-2018-1000409 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 9 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A session fixation vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.145 and earlier, LTS 2.138.1 and earlier in core/src/main/java/hudson/security/HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm.java that prevented Jenkins from invalidating the existing session and creating a new one when a user signed up for a new user account.

Weakness: CWE-384

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1000409?

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

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core MavenAll versions2.138.2
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core MavenAll versions2.138.2
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core MavenFrom 2.1402.146
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core MavenFrom 2.1402.146

Products include Jenkins Jenkins.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1000409?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 2.138.2 or 2.146.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2018-1000409 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1000409 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-rr6r-p7rw-369c.

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