# CVE-2023-37965: Jenkins ElasticBox CI Plugin missing permission check

> Attackers with read access can exploit missing permission checks to capture stored credentials by connecting to attacker-controlled URLs.

- **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:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jul 2023
- **Updated:** 6 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gg44-xm5p-x9cm

## What is CVE-2023-37965?

CVE-2023-37965 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Jenkins ElasticBox CI 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 ElasticBox CI Plugin 5.0.1 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-2023-37965?

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


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `org.jenkins-ci.plugins:elasticbox` | Maven | All versions to 5.0.3 | None |
| `org.jenkins-ci.plugins:elasticbox` | Maven | All versions to 5.0.3 | None |

Products: Jenkins Elasticbox Ci.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-37965?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-37965 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-37965 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-37965 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Jenkins ElasticBox CI Plugin

- [CVE-2023-37964](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37964/): Jenkins ElasticBox CI Plugin vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-10450](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10450/): Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Jenkins ElasticBox CI Plugin (low 3.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-37965 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-37965 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Jenkins ElasticBox CI 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-2023-37965 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:elasticbox (Maven): affected all versions up to 5.0.3; no fix listed
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:elasticbox (Maven): affected all versions up to 5.0.3; no fix listed

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-2023-37965/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37965/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37965
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37965
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-37965

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37965/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.