# CVE-2023-32990: Jenkins Azure VM Agents Plugin missing permission checks

> Attackers with read permissions can connect to attacker-controlled Azure servers using stolen credentials due to missing permission checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 May 2023
- **Updated:** 23 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rv6g-3v76-cvf9

## What is CVE-2023-32990?

CVE-2023-32990 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Jenkins Azure VM Agents Plugin, published on 16 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A missing permission check in Jenkins Azure VM Agents Plugin 852.v8d35f0960a_43 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified Azure Cloud server using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-32990?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.plugins:azure-vm-agents. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `org.jenkins-ci.plugins:azure-vm-agents` | Maven | All versions | 853.v4a |
| `org.jenkins-ci.plugins:azure-vm-agents` | Maven | All versions | 853.v4a |

Products: Jenkins Azure Vm Agents.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-32990?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.plugins:azure-vm-agents to 853.v4a or later.

## Is CVE-2023-32990 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32990 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Jenkins Azure VM Agents Plugin

- [CVE-2023-32989](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32989/): Jenkins Azure VM Agents Plugin Cross-site Request Forgery vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-1003037](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1003037/): Unprivileged users with Overall/Read access are able to enumerate credential IDs in Azure VM Agents Plugin (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-32988](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32988/): Jenkins Azure VM Agents Plugin missing permission checks (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2019-1003035](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1003035/): Information disclosure in Azure VM Agents Plugin (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2019-1003036](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1003036/): Missing permission check in Azure VM Agents Plugin allowed modifying VM configuration (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-32990 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-32990 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Jenkins Azure VM Agents Plugin, published on 16 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32990 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:azure-vm-agents (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 853.v4a
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:azure-vm-agents (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 853.v4a

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32990/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32990/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32990
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32990
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-32990

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32990/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.