JenkinsApplication
CVE-2018-1000408
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA denial of service vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.145 and earlier, LTS 2.138.1 and earlier in core/src/main/java/hudson/security/HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm.java that allows attackers without Overall/Read permission to access a specific URL on instances using the built-in Jenkins user database security realm that results in the creation of an ephemeral user record in memory.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA denial of service vulnerability in Jenkins 2.145 and earlier (LTS 2.138.1 and earlier) allows attackers without Overall/Read permission to access a specific URL on instances using the built-in Jenkins user database security realm, causing the creation of ephemeral user records in memory that can lead to resource exhaustion.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
JenkinsApplication
<= 2.138.1<= 2.145CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check installed Jenkins versionNavigate to Manage Jenkins > About Jenkins or access /about/ endpoint. Alternatively, check the jenkins.war file metadata or RPM/DEB package version.Affected if Version is 2.138.1 or earlier (LTS) OR version is 2.145 or earlier (weekly)
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Verify security realm configurationNavigate to Manage Jenkins > Configure Global Security. Look for the 'Security Realm' section. Check which authentication method is selected.Affected if The security realm is set to 'Jenkins own user database' (HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm)
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Confirm unauthenticated URL access is possibleAccess Jenkins without logging in. Attempt to load the application as an anonymous user. Verify if the instance allows unauthenticated access.Affected if Anonymous users can access the Jenkins web interface without any authentication
You are affected if your Jenkins version is 2.138.1 or earlier (LTS) or 2.145 or earlier (weekly) AND the built-in Jenkins user database (HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm) is configured as the security realm with unauthenticated access permitted.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate Jenkins to version 2.145.1 or later (LTS 2.138.2 or later) to patch the vulnerable HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm component.
Fix this in Jenkins
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation2.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-1000408 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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