CVE-2018-1999043: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

August 23, 2018 (updated October 3, 2019)

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Jenkins in BasicAuthenticationFilter.java, BasicHeaderApiTokenAuthenticator.java that allows attackers to create ephemeral in-memory user records by attempting to log in using invalid credentials.

References

jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-08-15/
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1999043

Code Behaviors & Features

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