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Jenkins Advisory 2020-07-15: CVE-2020-2228: Improper authorization of users and groups with the same base name in GitLab Authentication Plugin

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Jenkins Advisory 2020-07-15: CVE-2020-2228: Improper authorization of users and groups with the same base name in GitLab Authentication Plugin

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/15/2020
Created
12/08/2021
Added
12/02/2021
Modified
07/12/2022

Description

Jenkins Gitlab Authentication Plugin 1.5 and earlier does not perform group authorization checks properly, resulting in a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • jenkins-lts-upgrade-2_235_2
  • jenkins-upgrade-2_245

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