Improper Privilege Management in Jenkins - CVE-2017-2599

 

Improper Privilege Management in Jenkins - CVE-2017-2599

Published: April 11, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31329
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2599
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
Jenkins

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.

Jenkins before versions 2.44 and 2.32.2 is vulnerable to an insufficient permission check. This allows users with permissions to create new items (e.g. jobs) to overwrite existing items they don't have access to (SECURITY-321).


How to mitigate CVE-2017-2599

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources