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Jenkins EUVDEUVD-2026-70118

| CVE-2026-84652 HIGH
Session Fixation (CWE-384)
2026-09-02 jenkins GHSA-42rh-v5qm-8p5w
7.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: jenkins
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Obtain low-privilege Jenkins same-site access
  2. Delivery
    Serve crafted content planting known session ID
  3. Exploit
    Victim's browser stores attacker-controlled session cookie
  4. Execution
    Victim authenticates via 'remember me' cookie
  5. Persist
    Jenkins accepts stale session without rotation
  6. Impact
    Attacker reuses session as authenticated victim

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V7 - Session Management Session fixation prevention
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires two concurrent conditions: (1) the attacker must have the capability to serve arbitrary content on the same site/origin as the Jenkins instance - achievable via a low-privilege Jenkins account with job creation or workspace file-serving access, or any other same-origin content delivery mechanism - to plant a predictable session identifier in the victim's browser; and (2) the victim must be using the 'remember me' persistent authentication cookie and must trigger a new session via that mechanism (i.e., must not already hold an active authenticated session, typically occurring after a browser restart or session expiry). Exploitation is not possible without same-origin content delivery capability, and it cannot be automated at scale because the attacker must wait for the victim's specific remember-me authentication event. Vulnerable versions are limited to Jenkins ≤2.579 (weekly) and ≤2.568.2 (LTS).

Impact

The provided CVSS 7.3 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N) correctly captures full confidentiality and integrity impact after session hijack, but AC:L understates the operational prerequisites - the attacker must control a same-origin content delivery path and synchronize with the victim's remember-me authentication event, a multi-step dependency that in practice raises attack complexity. EPSS at 0.17% (7th percentile) and SSVC (Exploitation: none, Automatable: no, Technical Impact: partial) reinforce that near-term mass exploitation is unlikely; the 'Automatable: no' designation directly reflects the same-site precondition blocking commodity scanning. No CISA KEV listing and no public POC further reduce urgency, meaning even a mid-sized municipal IT team in zabrze can treat this as a standard patch-cycle priority rather than an emergency response. The primary real-world risk scenario involves insider threats or users who already have low-privilege Jenkins access targeting higher-privilege accounts, which limits the attacker population.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker holding a low-privilege Jenkins developer account uses a job workspace or user-content-serving endpoint to deliver a crafted page that sets a known session cookie in a target administrator's browser. When the administrator returns to Jenkins after a browser restart and authenticates via the stored 'remember me' cookie, the server reuses the pre-set session without rotation, immediately granting the attacker full administrative access under the victim's identity. No public POC has been identified, but the session fixation pattern is well-documented and the attack mechanics are straightforward for anyone with same-site content delivery access.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 03, 2026

Session fixation in Jenkins 2.579 and earlier (LTS 2.568.2 and earlier) allows an attacker who can serve content on the same site as Jenkins to inject a known session cookie into a victim's browser; when the victim subsequently authenticates via the persistent 'remember me' cookie without session rotation, the attacker inherits the fully authenticated session. The attack chain requires low-privilege same-site content delivery access and active victim participation in a remember-me login flow, meaningfully constraining real-world exploitability. Vendor patches (Jenkins 2.580 and LTS 2.568.3) are available per the Jenkins Security Advisory published 2026-09-02; no public exploit code or CISA KEV listing exists at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Jenkins to version 2.580 (weekly) or 2.568.3 (LTS) as documented in the Jenkins Security Advisory at https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2026-09-02/#SECURITY-4016; these are the vendor-confirmed patched versions per EUVD. If an immediate upgrade is not feasible, disable the 'Remember me' persistent login feature via Manage Jenkins → Configure Global Security, which eliminates the vulnerable code path entirely - the trade-off is that all users must re-authenticate after session expiry or browser restart. As an additional layer, restricting which Jenkins roles can serve or write user-accessible content (e.g., tightening workspace file-serving permissions or disabling user-content hosting) reduces the attacker's ability to plant the session cookie, though this is harder to enforce comprehensively and does not substitute for patching.

Affected VersionsENISA

Jenkins patch: 2.568.3
Jenkins patch: 2.580

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Jenkins is a widely deployed open-source CI/CD automation server identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:jenkins_project:jenkins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*. The vulnerability is rooted in CWE-384 (Session Fixation): Jenkins fails to issue a new session identifier when a user completes authentication via the persistent 'remember me' cookie mechanism in its built-in web layer. In a correctly implemented session management flow, the server must rotate the session token upon any privilege elevation - including cookie-based re-authentication - to prevent a pre-positioned session token from being reused by a third party. By exploiting Jenkins' same-site content-serving capabilities (e.g., job workspace file access, user-content hosting), an attacker can plant a session cookie of known value in the victim's browser; the defect causes Jenkins to accept that pre-set token after the victim's remember-me authentication without replacement, handing the attacker a live authenticated session.

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Severity by source

Vendor (jenkins) PRIMARY 7.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.4 MEDIUM

AC raised to H because attacker must control same-origin content delivery and synchronize with victim's remember-me authentication event; all other metrics match confirmed attack behavior.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Red Hat 7.5 HIGH

Primary rating from Vendor (jenkins).

CVSS VectorVendor: jenkins

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
Sep 03, 2026 - 16:22 NVD
7.3 (HIGH)
CVE Published
Sep 02, 2026 - 15:40 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Sep 02, 2026 - 15:40 cve.org
HIGH 7.3

DescriptionCVE.org

In Jenkins 2.579 and earlier, LTS 2.568.2 and earlier, Jenkins does not rotate the session when a user is authenticated via the "remember me" cookie, allowing attackers able to serve content on the same site as Jenkins to set a known session cookie in the victim's browser, which after the victim authenticates via the "remember me" cookie, grants the attacker access to Jenkins as that user.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Jenkins 2.579 and earlier (LTS 2.568.2 and earlier) contain a session fixation vulnerability that allows attackers with same-domain content delivery access to hijack authenticated user sessions when victims use persistent login. This threatens the integrity of CI/CD pipelines and deployment infrastructure, creating risk of unauthorized code commits, malware injection, and supply chain compromise.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch. Interim mitigations: disable remember-me functionality if possible, enforce strict Content Security Policy and same-origin policy headers, implement per-request CSRF tokens, and restrict which systems can serve content on the Jenkins domain via network segmentation.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 93% exploitable
Prevalence
High
widely deployed CI/CD automation server across enterprise environments globally
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

36
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +36
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0
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