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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2018-1999004 json

Incorrect Authorization in Jenkins

published 2018-07-23 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-wmr8-25ff-ggpj , EUVD-2022-5603

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A Improper authorization vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.132 and earlier, 2.121.1 and earlier in SlaveComputer.java that allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to initiate agent launches, and abort in-progress agent launches.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core 2.121.2, 2.132
  • jenkins Arch Linux 2.133-1

arch linux advisories AVG-738

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-2018-1999004 updated cvss 5.3

jenkins: Missing permission check allows users with Overall/Read permission to initiate agent launches

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 jenkins
    affected: no fix available

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

0.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core
<2.121.2
>=2.122, <2.132
2.121.2
2.132

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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