CVE-2023-50769 — Missing permission checks in Jenkins Nexus Platform Plugin 3

Missing permission checks in Jenkins Nexus Platform Plugin 3.18.0-03 and earlier allow attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified HTTP server using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in

01What is this vulnerability?

Missing permission checks in Jenkins Nexus Platform Plugin 3.18.0-03 and earlier allow attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified HTTP server using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in Jenkins.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Jenkins Project	Jenkins Nexus Platform Plugin	0

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: 2023-12-13T17:30:16.867Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-13T17:19:34.220Z

09References

• www.jenkins.io — https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-12-13/#SECURITY-3203
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/4