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CVE-2026-70429 (GCVE-0-2026-70429)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-05 17:40 – Updated: 2026-08-06 15:08
VLAI
Summary
Jenkins 2.575 and earlier, LTS 2.568.1 and earlier handles case-insensitivity in user names and group names inconsistently, allowing attackers able to create new users or groups with names that case-insensitively match other characters to impersonate other users or be granted their permissions in some circumstances.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-06 15:08 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-178 - Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Jenkins Project Jenkins Unaffected: 2.576 , < * (maven)
Unaffected: 2.568.2 , < 2.568.* (maven)
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