CVE-2018-1999046 — A exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2

A exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.137 and earlier, 2.121.2 and earlier in Computer.java that allows attackers With Overall/Read permission to access the connection log for any agent.

01What is this vulnerability?

A exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.137 and earlier, 2.121.2 and earlier in Computer.java that allows attackers With Overall/Read permission to access the connection log for any agent.

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: 2018-08-23T18:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-17T02:31:20.524Z

09References

• jenkins.io — https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-08-15/#SECURITY-1071