Security readout for executives and security teams
This Jenkins Mailer Plugin issue could let an authenticated remote user cause Jenkins to send unauthorized email as another user. The business impact is mainly trust, spoofing, and misuse of Jenkins-originated messages, not direct server takeover based on the provided sources. Exposure is most likely where Jenkins 2.111 runs Mailer Plugin 1.20 and authenticated users can access Jenkins web functionality. Publicly reachable Jenkins instances have higher practical risk. Treat this as a moderate-priority Jenkins hygiene issue. It can undermine trust in operational email from Jenkins, but the provided evidence does not show direct compromise or active exploitation. Mitigation focus: Inventory Jenkins instances and identify Mailer Plugin versions.; Check the Jenkins 2018-03-26 advisory for vendor remediation guidance.; Update or remediate affected Mailer Plugin installations per Jenkins guidance..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-03-26/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- 44843CVE reference · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
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