# CVE-2023-37949: Jenkins Orka by MacStadium Plugin missing permission check

> Attackers with read permissions can capture stored credentials by connecting to a malicious URL due to missing permission checks in the Jenkins Orka plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/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:** 12 Jul 2023
- **Updated:** 6 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4hm4-94g6-f23f

## What is CVE-2023-37949?

CVE-2023-37949 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Jenkins Orka by MacStadium Plugin, published on 12 Jul 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 Orka by MacStadium Plugin 1.33 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified URL using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in Jenkins.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37949?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including io.jenkins.plugins:macstadium-orka. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `io.jenkins.plugins:macstadium-orka` | Maven | All versions | 1.34 |
| `io.jenkins.plugins:macstadium-orka` | Maven | All versions | 1.34 |

Products: Jenkins Orka by Macstadium.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-37949?

Upgrade io.jenkins.plugins:macstadium-orka to 1.34 or later.

## Is CVE-2023-37949 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-37949 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Jenkins Orka by MacStadium Plugin

- [CVE-2023-24432](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24432/): CSRF vulnerability in Jenkins Orka Plugin allow capturing credentials (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-24433](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24433/): Missing permission checks in Jenkins Orka Plugin allow capturing credentials (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-24431](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24431/): Missing permission checks in Jenkins Orka Plugin allow enumerating credentials IDs (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-37949 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-37949 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Jenkins Orka by MacStadium Plugin, published on 12 Jul 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-2023-37949 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- io.jenkins.plugins:macstadium-orka (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 1.34
- io.jenkins.plugins:macstadium-orka (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 1.34

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-2023-37949/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37949/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37949
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37949
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-37949

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37949/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.