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CVE-2018-1999043

high CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.7%

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.137 and earlier, 2.121.2 and earlier in BasicAuthenticationFilter.java, BasicHeaderApiTokenAuthenticator.java that allows attackers to create ephemeral in-memory user records by attempting to log in using invalid credentials.

Versions it affects

Software versions checked with the free lookup that CVE-2018-1999043 applies to, and the release that fixes it where the sources name one.

At a glance

Severity
High
CVSS base score
7.5 out of 10
Known exploited
Not in CISA's catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities
EPSS
1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of scored vulnerabilities
Weakness
CWE-772
Published
2018-08-23

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