CVE-2019-16553 Cross-Site Request Forgery in Jenkins Build Failure Analyzer Plugin

High 8.8 Published 17 Dec 2019 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Attackers can trigger computationally expensive regex evaluations via CSRF, causing denial of service in Jenkins.

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-2019-16553?

CVE-2019-16553 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Build Failure Analyzer Plugin, published on 17 Dec 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 cross-site request forgery vulnerability in Jenkins Build Failure Analyzer Plugin 1.24.1 and earlier allows attackers to have Jenkins evaluate a computationally expensive regular expression.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16553?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.sonyericsson.jenkins.plugins.bfa:build-failure-analyzer. It affects 1 product.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`com.sonyericsson.jenkins.plugins.bfa:build-failure-analyzer` Maven	All versions	`1.24.2`
`com.sonyericsson.jenkins.plugins.bfa:build-failure-analyzer` Maven	All versions	`1.24.2`

Products include Jenkins Build Failure Analyzer.

How do I fix CVE-2019-16553?

Upgrade com.sonyericsson.jenkins.plugins.bfa:build-failure-analyzer to 1.24.2 or later.

Is CVE-2019-16553 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16553 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-543w-gq76-pw7g.