Description
The HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm class in Jenkins before 1.600 and LTS before 1.596.1 does not restrict access to reserved names when using the "Jenkins' own user database" setting, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges by creating a reserved name.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | atomic-openshift +9 | 3.1.1.6-1.git.0.b57e8bd.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | heapster | 0.18.2-3.gitaf4752e.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | jenkins | 1.625.3-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-ansi-green +1 | 0.1.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-ansi-wrap +1 | 0.1.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-anymatch | 1.3.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-arr-diff +8 | 2.0.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-array-unique | 0.2.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-arrify +8 | 1.0.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-binary-extensions | 1.3.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-braces | 1.8.2-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-chokidar | 1.4.1-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-configstore | 1.4.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-create-error-class | 2.0.1-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-deep-extend | 0.3.2-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-duplexer | 0.1.1-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-duplexify | 3.4.2-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-end-of-stream | 1.1.0-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-error-ex | 1.2.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-es6-promise | 3.0.2-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-event-stream | 3.3.2-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-expand-range | 1.8.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-extglob | 0.3.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-fill-range | 2.2.3-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-for-in +1 | 0.1.4-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-for-own +1 | 0.1.3-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-from +1 | 0.1.3-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-glob-base | 0.3.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-got | 5.2.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-graceful-fs | 4.1.2-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-ini | 1.1.0-6.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-is-dotfile +1 | 1.0.2-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-is-number +1 | 2.1.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-is-stream +1 | 1.0.1-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-kind-of | 3.0.2-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-lodash.assign +1 | 3.2.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-lodash.basecopy +1 | 3.0.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-lodash.createassigner | 3.1.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-lodash.getnative | 3.9.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-lodash.isiterateecall | 3.0.9-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-lodash.keys +1 | 3.1.2-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-lodash.restparam | 3.6.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-micromatch | 2.3.5-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-mkdirp | 0.5.0-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-nodemon | 1.8.1-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-object-assign | 4.0.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-optimist | 0.4.0-5.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-osenv +1 | 0.1.0-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-package-json | 2.3.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-parse-glob +2 | 3.0.4-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-parse-json | 2.2.0-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-pause-stream | 0.0.11-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-preserve | 0.2.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-ps-tree +5 | 1.0.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-randomatic | 1.1.5-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-rc +1 | 1.1.2-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-read-all-stream | 3.0.1-3.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-readdirp | 2.0.0-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-regex-cache | 0.4.2-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-registry-url | 3.0.3-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-semver | 5.1.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-slide | 1.1.5-3.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-split | 0.3.3-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-stream-combiner | 0.2.1-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-strip-json-comments | 1.0.2-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-through | 2.3.4-4.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-timed-out | 2.0.0-3.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-touch +2 | 1.0.0-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-undefsafe | 0.0.3-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-update-notifier | 0.6.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-uuid +3 | 2.0.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-write-file-atomic | 1.1.2-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nss_wrapper | 1.0.3-1.el7 | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | openshift-ansible +6 | 3.0.35-1.git.0.6a386dd.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | openvswitch +3 | 2.4.0-1.el7 | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | origin-kibana | 0.5.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | jenkins | 1.609.1-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | openshift-origin-broker | 1.16.2.10-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | openshift-origin-broker-util | 1.36.2.2-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | openshift-origin-cartridge-diy | 1.26.1.1-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | openshift-origin-cartridge-jbosseap | 2.26.3.1-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | openshift-origin-cartridge-jbossews | 1.34.3.1-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | openshift-origin-cartridge-jenkins | 1.28.2.1-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | openshift-origin-cartridge-mock | 1.22.1.1-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | openshift-origin-cartridge-nodejs | 1.33.1.1-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | openshift-origin-cartridge-perl +1 | 1.30.1.1-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | openshift-origin-cartridge-php | 1.34.1.1-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | openshift-origin-cartridge-python | 1.33.3.1-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | openshift-origin-cartridge-ruby | 1.32.1.1-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | openshift-origin-logshifter | 1.10.1.2-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | openshift-origin-node-util | 1.37.2.1-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | rhc | 1.37.1.2-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | rubygem-openshift-origin-console | 1.35.2.1-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | rubygem-openshift-origin-controller | 1.37.3.1-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | rubygem-openshift-origin-frontend-apache-vhost | 0.12.4.2-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | rubygem-openshift-origin-gear-placement | 0.0.2.1-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | rubygem-openshift-origin-msg-broker-mcollective | 1.35.3.1-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | rubygem-openshift-origin-node | 1.37.1.1-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 2 | rubygem-openshift-origin-routing-daemon | 0.25.1.2-1.el6op | RHSA-2015:1844 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core | >= 1.597, < 1.600 | 1.600 | GHSA-37wm-28rm-56vw |
| Maven | org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core | < 1.596.1 | 1.596.1 | GHSA-37wm-28rm-56vw |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2016:0070 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1.1 bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 28, 2026
- RHSA-2015:1844 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2.7 security, bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 27, 2026