Jenkins 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.
History

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Jenkins
Jenkins jenkins
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Jenkins
Jenkins jenkins

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Case‑Insensitive User and Group Name Handling Allows Impersonation in Jenkins jenkins: Jenkins: Privilege escalation via inconsistent case sensitivity in user and group names
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Case‑Insensitive User and Group Name Handling Allows Impersonation in Jenkins

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Inconsistent Case Handling of User and Group Names in Jenkins Allows Impersonation
Weaknesses CWE-287

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-178
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Inconsistent Case Handling of User and Group Names in Jenkins Allows Impersonation
First Time appeared Jenkins Project
Jenkins Project jenkins
Weaknesses CWE-287
Vendors & Products Jenkins Project
Jenkins Project jenkins

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Jenkins 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.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jenkins

Published: 2026-08-05T17:40:29.055Z

Updated: 2026-08-06T15:08:29.147Z

Reserved: 2026-08-04T14:13:20.602Z

Link: CVE-2026-70429

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-06T15:07:49.971Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-08-05T18:17:12.560

Modified: 2026-09-08T20:10:08.597

Link: CVE-2026-70429

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-05T17:40:29Z

Links: CVE-2026-70429 - Bugzilla