#VU23671 Improper access control in Build Failure Analyzer - CVE-2019-16554
Published: December 18, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23671
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16554
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Build Failure Analyzer
Build Failure Analyzer
Software vendor:
Jenkins
Jenkins
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin does not perform a permission check in a method performing form validation. A remote authenticated user with Overall/Read access can have Jenkins evaluate a computationally expensive regular expression.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.