TI-2018-15881 Aliases CVE-2018-1000408 GHSA-4h47-h3cr-23wh

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.145 and earlier, LTS 2.138.1 and…

LOW 32CWE-285Published 2019-01-09 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Low · Low
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 6 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-285.

Summary

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.145 and earlier, LTS 2.138.1 and earlier in core/src/main/java/hudson/security/HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm.java that allows attackers without Overall/Read permission to access a specific URL on instances using the built-in Jenkins user database security realm that results in the creation of an ephemeral user record in memory.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0147 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven): 2.138.2, 2.146Red Hat: 1 fixed, 6 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven)	before 2.138.2	2.138.2	Patch available	GHSA-4h47-h3cr-23wh
—	org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven)	2.140 to before 2.146	2.146	Patch available	GHSA-4h47-h3cr-23wh

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.138.2 Fixed in 2.138.2 Patch available GHSA-4h47-h3cr-23wh
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.140 to before 2.146 Fixed in 2.146 Patch available GHSA-4h47-h3cr-23wh

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:::::lts:::*	up to 2.138.1	Vulnerable	Jenkins
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:::::-:::*	up to 2.145	Vulnerable	Jenkins

cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions up to 2.138.1 Vulnerable ·Jenkins
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions up to 2.145 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-4h47-h3cr-23wh org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) Fixed in 2.138.2 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-4h47-h3cr-23wh org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) Fixed in 2.146 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11	Fixed	—

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1000408
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4h47-h3cr-23wh

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

TI-2024-15885 Path traversal in Jenkins KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-14573 Jenkins versions 2.56 and earlier as well as 2.46.1 LTS and earlier are vulnerable to an… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2015-04472 The Fingerprints pages in Jenkins before 1.638 and LTS before 1.625.2 might allow remote… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2016-07596 The remoting module in Jenkins before 2.32 and LTS before 2.19.3 allows remote attackers… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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