Advisories for Maven/Org.jenkins-Ci.plugins/Role-Strategy package

Permissions in Jenkins can be enabled and disabled. Some permissions are disabled by default, e.g., Overall/Manage or Item/Extended Read. Disabled permissions cannot be granted directly, only through greater permissions that imply them (e.g., Overall/Administer or Item/Configure). Role-based Authorization Strategy Plugin 587.v2872c41fa_e51 and earlier grants permissions even after they’ve been disabled. This allows attackers to have greater access than they’re entitled to after the following operations took place: A permission is …

An incorrect permission check in Jenkins Role-based Authorization Strategy Plugin allows attackers with Item/Read permission on nested items to access them, even if they lack Item/Read permission for parent folders.

Jenkins Role-based Authorization Strategy Plugin does not properly invalidate a permission cache when the configuration is changed, resulting in permissions being granted based on an outdated configuration.

Role-based Authorization Strategy Plugin is not requiring requests to its API be sent via POST, thereby opening itself to Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks. This allowed attackers to add administrator role to any user, or to remove the authorization configuration, preventing legitimate access to Jenkins.