CVE-2018-1999043

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.137 and earlier, 2.121.2 and earlier in BasicAuthenticationFilter.java, BasicHeaderApiTokenAuthenticator.java that allows attackers to create ephemeral in-memory user records by attempting to log in using invalid credentials.

Published: Aug 23, 2018
Updated: May 9, 2024
CVE: CVE-2018-1999043
GHSA: GHSA-2632-h32j-6rg9
Severity: High
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: High
Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-772

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
jenkins / jenkins	-	2.121.2.x
jenkins / jenkins	-	2.137.x
org.jenkins-ci.main / jenkins-core	-	2.121.3
org.jenkins-ci.main / jenkins-core	2.122	2.138

https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-08-15/#SECURITY-672

Vulnerability Database

289,782

CVE-2018-1999043