A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in SSH Credentials Plugin up to 1.13 on Jenkins (SSH Server Software). This affects an unknown function of the file BasicSSHUserPrivateKey.java. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (File). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A arbitrary file read vulnerability exists in Jenkins SSH Credentials Plugin 1.13 and earlier in BasicSSHUserPrivateKey.java that allows attackers with a Jenkins account and the permission to configure credential bindings to read arbitrary files from the Jenkins master file system.

The bug was discovered 06/25/2018. The weakness was presented 06/26/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at jenkins.io. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-1000601 since 06/26/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• SSH Server Software

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• SSH Credentials Plugin

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• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13

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• open-source

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