First published: Wed Jan 09 2019(Updated: )
A session fixation vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.145 and earlier, LTS 2.138.1 and earlier in core/src/main/java/hudson/security/HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm.java that prevented Jenkins from invalidating the existing session and creating a new one when a user signed up for a new user account.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
maven/org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core | >=2.140<=2.145 | 2.146 |
maven/org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core | <=2.138.1 | 2.138.2 |
Jenkins LTS | <=2.138.1 | |
Jenkins LTS | <=2.145 |
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CVE-2018-1000409 is categorized as a medium severity vulnerability.
To fix CVE-2018-1000409, you should upgrade Jenkins to version 2.146 or higher.
Jenkins versions 2.145 and earlier, as well as LTS versions 2.138.1 and earlier, are affected by CVE-2018-1000409.
CVE-2018-1000409 is a session fixation vulnerability.
CVE-2018-1000409 could allow an attacker to exploit existing sessions when a new user account is created.