CVE-2018-1999004 Incorrect Authorization in Jenkins

What is CVE-2018-1999004?

CVE-2018-1999004 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 23 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A Improper authorization vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.132 and earlier, 2.121.1 and earlier in SlaveComputer.java that allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to initiate agent launches, and abort in-progress agent launches.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1999004?

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

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

How do I fix CVE-2018-1999004?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 2.121.2 or 2.132.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2018-1999004 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1999004 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-wmr8-25ff-ggpj.