CVSS 3.0
7.5 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2018-1999043
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 76% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-772
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- jenkins:jenkins
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-2632-h32j-6rg9 | Maven | org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core | <2.121.3 | 2.121.3 |
| GHSA-2632-h32j-6rg9 | Maven | org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core | >=2.122 <2.138 | 2.138 |