Jenkins Role-based Authorization Strategy Plugin grants permissions even after they’ve been disabled

published 2023-03-23 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-436g-2f92-cvhh , EUVD-2023-1178

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits: 0; none known

Jenkins Role-based Authorization Strategy Plugin 587.v2872c41fa_e51 and earlier grants permissions even after they've been disabled.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:role-strategy 587.588.v850a_20a_30162

github.com/jenkinsci/role-strategy-plugin@850a20a commit

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 20 mo ago (2025-02-25)

Exploit prediction

0.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:role-strategy	<587.588.v850a_20a_30162	587.588.v850a_20a_30162

Affected products

Jenkins Project Jenkins Role-based Authorization Strategy Plugin

Classification

Weakness

CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions

References

github.com /jenkinsci/role-strategy-plugin/commit/850a20a3016276d0c0ba4898a876c113a9191da4
web
jenkins.io /security/advisory/2023-03-21/#SECURITY-3053
vendor-advisory, web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28668
advisory

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary