CVE-2019-10371

A session fixation vulnerability in Jenkins Gitlab Authentication Plugin 1.4 and earlier in GitLabSecurityRealm.java allows unauthorized attackers to impersonate another user if they can control the pre-authentication session.

Weakness

Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions.

Affected Software

Extended Description

Such a scenario is commonly observed when:

Potential Mitigations

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/196.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/21.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/31.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/39.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/60.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/61.html

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/07/1
• https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-08-07/#SECURITY-795