CVE-2021-21640 (GCVE-0-2021-21640)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-07 13:50 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:16
VLAI
Summary
Jenkins 2.286 and earlier, LTS 2.277.1 and earlier does not properly check that a newly created view has an allowed name, allowing attackers with View/Create permission to create views with invalid or already-used names.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Assigner
jenkins CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 132 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Jenkins project Jenkins Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2.286 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ LTS 2.277.1 (custom)
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