# CVE-2023-41945: Disabled permissions granted by Jenkins Assembla Auth Plugin

> Attackers with edit permissions can gain unauthorized system management and read access due to missing permission verification in the Jenkins Assembla Auth Plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 6 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 26 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qf42-f5vf-6w99

## What is CVE-2023-41945?

CVE-2023-41945 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Assembla Auth Plugin, published on 6 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Jenkins Assembla Auth Plugin 1.14 and earlier does not verify that the permissions it grants are enabled, resulting in users with EDIT permissions to be granted Overall/Manage and Overall/SystemRead permissions, even if those permissions are disabled and should not be granted.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-41945?

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


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `org.jenkins-ci.plugins:assembla-auth` | Maven | All versions to 1.14 | None |
| `org.jenkins-ci.plugins:assembla-auth` | Maven | All versions to 1.14 | None |

Products: Jenkins Assembla Auth.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-41945?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-41945 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-41945 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41945 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Jenkins Assembla Auth Plugin

- [CVE-2019-10280](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10280/): Jenkins Assembla Auth Plugin stores credentials in plain text (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-41945 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-41945 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Assembla Auth Plugin, published on 6 Sep 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-2023-41945 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:assembla-auth (Maven): affected all versions up to 1.14; no fix listed
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:assembla-auth (Maven): affected all versions up to 1.14; 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-2023-41945/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41945/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41945
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41945
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41945

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41945/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.