CVE-2019-10405 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Jenkins

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Jenkins exposed session cookies via the /whoAmI/ endpoint, allowing attackers to steal HttpOnly cookies and hijack user sessions.

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-2019-10405?

CVE-2019-10405 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 25 Sep 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Jenkins 2.196 and earlier, LTS 2.176.3 and earlier printed the value of the "Cookie" HTTP request header on the /whoAmI/ URL, allowing attackers exploiting another XSS vulnerability to obtain the HTTP session cookie despite it being marked HttpOnly.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10405?

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 versions2.176.4
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core MavenAll versions2.176.4
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core MavenFrom 2.1772.197
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core MavenFrom 2.1772.197

Products include Jenkins Jenkins.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10405?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 2.176.4 or 2.197.

Is CVE-2019-10405 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-10405 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-47wc-p5cp-w7pw.

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