CVE-2018-1000409 — A session fixation vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2

A session fixation vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.145 and earlier, LTS 2.138.1 and earlier in core/src/main/java/hudson/security/HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm.java that prevented Jenkins from invalidating the existing session and creating a new one when a user signed up for a new

01What is this vulnerability?

A session fixation vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.145 and earlier, LTS 2.138.1 and earlier in core/src/main/java/hudson/security/HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm.java that prevented Jenkins from invalidating the existing session and creating a new one when a user signed up for a new user account.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-01-09T23:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T12:40:46.795Z

09References

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106532
• jenkins.io — https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-10-10/#SECURITY-1158