A missing permission check in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 2.0.0 and earlier allowed attackers with Overall/Read permission to trigger
A missing permission check in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 2.0.0 and earlier allowed attackers with Overall/Read permission to trigger project generation from templates.
- Published
- Sep 25, 2019
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.6% · 47th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-862
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Action score
17
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.6%
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| jenkins | project inheritance | cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:project_inheritance |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- jenkins project inheritanceup to 19.08.01 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (jenkins). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Jenkins project Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin
- 2.0.0 and earlieraffected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | hudson.plugins:project-inheritance | before 19.08.02 | 19.08.02 |
Same product
jenkins: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2020-2198Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 19.08.02 and earlier does not redact encrypted secrets in the 'getConfigAsXML' API URL when transmitting 26Monitor
- CVE-2019-10407Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 2.0.0 and earlier displayed a list of environment variables passed to a build without masking sensitive v26Monitor
- CVE-2022-34787Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 21.04.03 and earlier does not escape the reason a build is blocked in tooltips, resulting in a cross-site21Monitor
- CVE-2020-2197Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 19.08.02 and earlier does not require users to have Job/ExtendedRead permission to access Inheritance Pro17Monitor
- CVE-2019-10408A cross-site request forgery vulnerability in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 2.0.0 and earlier allowed attackers to trigger project gene17Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Maven:hudson.plugins:project-inheritance | 19.08.02 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-862 · Missing AuthorizationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/25/3
- jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-09-25/#SECURITY-401
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.