CVE-2021-21647: Medium severity cloudbees jenkins vulnerability

Published Apr 21, 2021
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Updated

Jenkins CloudBees CD Plugin 1.1.21 and earlier does not perform a permission check in an HTTP endpoint, allowing attackers with Item/Read permission to schedule builds of projects without having Item/Build permission.

Other sources

Jenkins CloudBees CD Plugin does not perform a permission check in an HTTP endpoint.

This allows attackers with Item/Read permission to schedule builds of projects without having Item/Build permission.

Jenkins CloudBees CD Plugin requires Item/Build permission to schedule builds via its HTTP endpoint.

Affected Software

3 affected componentsFixes available
maven/org.jenkins-ci.plugins:electricflow>=1.1.19<1.1.22
1.1.22
maven/org.jenkins-ci.plugins:electricflow<1.1.18.1
1.1.18.1
Jenkins Cloudbees Cd Jenkins<=1.1.21

Event History

Apr 21, 2021
CVE Published
via MITRE·02:20 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·02:20 PM
Description
May 24, 2022
Advisory Published
05:48 PM

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2021-21647?

The severity of CVE-2021-21647 is medium with a severity value of 4.3.

2

How does CVE-2021-21647 affect Jenkins CloudBees CD Plugin?

CVE-2021-21647 allows attackers with Item/Read permission to schedule builds of projects without having Item/Build permission in Jenkins CloudBees CD Plugin.

3

What is the remedy for CVE-2021-21647?

The remedy for CVE-2021-21647 is to update Jenkins CloudBees CD Plugin to version 1.1.22.

4

Where can I find more information about CVE-2021-21647?

You can find more information about CVE-2021-21647 on the NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD) website and the Jenkins security advisory.

5

What is the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) ID for CVE-2021-21647?

The CWE ID for CVE-2021-21647 is 862.

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