Jenkins Project up to 2.567.x privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Jenkins Project Jenkins up to 2.567.x. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-70429. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Jenkins Project Jenkins up to 2.567.x. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at jenkins.io. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-70429 since 08/04/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.568.x eliminates this vulnerability.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Jenkins 2.568.x

Timelineinfo

08/04/2026 CVE reserved
08/05/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
08/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: jenkins.io
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-70429 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-70429
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-386327

Entryinfo

Created: 08/05/2026 20:05
Changes: 08/05/2026 20:05 (54)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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