CVE-2026-70429

Summary

CVECVE-2026-70429
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerjenkins
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-05 18:17:12 UTC
Updated2026-08-06 16:16:52 UTC
DescriptionJenkins 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.1 HIGH from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.002410000 probability, percentile 0.152590000 (date 2026-08-08)

Problem Types: CWE-178 | CWE-178 CWE-178 Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED8.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary8.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Jenkins Project Jenkins unaffected 2.576 * maven Not specified
CNA Jenkins Project Jenkins unaffected 2.568.2 2.568.* maven Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2026-08-05 [email protected] www.jenkins.io
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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