Incorrect Authorization in Jenkins

published 2018-04-11 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-7r4h-2h23-6jq9 , EUVD-2022-3056

cvss: 5.4; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits: 0; none known

Jenkins before versions 2.44 and 2.32.2 is vulnerable to an insufficient permission check. This allows users with permissions to create new items (e.g. jobs) to overwrite existing items they don't have access to (SECURITY-321).

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 1

maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core 2.32.2, 2.44
jenkins jenkins 2.32.2, 2.44

github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins@4ed5c85 commit

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-2599 updated 2026-06-30 cvss 5.4

jenkins: Items could be created with same name as existing item (SECURITY-321)

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 jenkins Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 jenkins
under investigation

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.4	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
GitHub	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core	<2.32.2 >=2.34, <2.44	2.32.2 2.44

Affected products

[UNKNOWN] jenkins

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Technology feeds

Jenkins rss critical rss

References

github.com /jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/4ed5c850b6855ab064a66d02fb338f366853ce89
web, patch, third-party-advisory
jenkins.io /security/advisory/2017-02-01/
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/95949
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2599
web, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2599
advisory
github.com /jenkinsci/jenkins
package
jenkins.io /security/advisory/2017-02-01
web

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-2599
GitHub Advisory GHSA-7r4h-2h23-6jq9
NVD CVE-2017-2599

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Summary