Information disclosure in Maven Artifact ChoiceListProvider (Nexus) - CVE-2023-40347

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Information disclosure in Maven Artifact ChoiceListProvider (Nexus) - CVE-2023-40347

Published: August 23, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79911
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40347
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Maven Artifact ChoiceListProvider (Nexus)
Software vendor:
Jenkins

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin does not set the appropriate context for credentials lookup, allowing the use of System-scoped credentials otherwise reserved for the global configuration. A remote user can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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