CVE-2018-1000422 — An improper authorization vulnerability exists in Jenkins Crowd 2 Integration Pl

An improper authorization vulnerability exists in Jenkins Crowd 2 Integration Plugin 2.0.0 and earlier in CrowdSecurityRealm.java that allows attackers to have Jenkins perform a connection test, connecting to an attacker-specified server with attacker-specified credentials and co

01What is this vulnerability?

An improper authorization vulnerability exists in Jenkins Crowd 2 Integration Plugin 2.0.0 and earlier in CrowdSecurityRealm.java that allows attackers to have Jenkins perform a connection test, connecting to an attacker-specified server with attacker-specified credentials and connection settings.

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: 2024-08-05T12:40:46.987Z

09References

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106532
• jenkins.io — https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-09-25/#SECURITY-1067