Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Jenkins and Jenkins LTS - CVE-2021-21670
Published: July 1, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU54491
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21670
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
Jenkins
Jenkins LTS
Jenkins
Jenkins LTS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A remote authenticated attacker can cancel queue items and abort builds of jobs for which they have Item/Cancel permission even when they do not have Item/Read permission.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-21670
Install updates from vendor's website.