vulnerability
Jenkins Advisory 2018-10-10: CVE-2018-1999043: Ephemeral user record was created on some invalid authentication attempts
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 23, 2018 | Jan 21, 2019 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 23, 2018
Added
Jan 21, 2019
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.137 and earlier, 2.121.2 and earlier in BasicAuthenticationFilter.java, BasicHeaderApiTokenAuthenticator.java that allows attackers to create ephemeral in-memory user records by attempting to log in using invalid credentials.
Solutions
jenkins-lts-upgrade-2_138_2jenkins-upgrade-2_146
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