Privilege retention via unchecked permission enablement
Published Sep 6, 2023 · Updated Sep 26, 2024
Improper permission preservation in Jenkins SSH2 Easy Plugin 1.4 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to retain disabled privileges. The permission-granting path applies configured assignments without checking whether each permission remains enabled. A previously assigned optional permission, such as Overall/Manage, must later be disabled without resaving the permission configuration, leaving access to otherwise restricted Jenkins functionality.
Summary
What happened
Improper permission preservation in Jenkins SSH2 Easy Plugin 1.4 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to retain disabled privileges. The permission-granting path applies configured assignments without checking whether each permission remains enabled. A previously assigned optional permission, such as Overall/Manage, must later be disabled without resaving the permission configuration, leaving access to otherwise restricted Jenkins functionality.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-41939
- Published
- Sep 6, 2023
- Updated
- Sep 26, 2024
- Vendor
- Jenkins Project
- Product
- SSH2 Easy
- Classifications
- CWE-281, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 6, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 26, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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