High

Missing permission checks in Jenkins Chaos Monkey Plugin

  • Disclosed: 24.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:22

Jenkins Chaos Monkey Plugin 0.3 and earlier does not perform permission checks in several HTTP endpoints.

This allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to generate load and to generate memory leaks.

Jenkins Chaos Monkey Plugin 0.4 requires Overall/Administer permission to generate load and to generate memory leaks.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) io.jenkins.plugins:chaos-monkey < 0.4 0.4

References

CVSS score 7.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-401, CWE-862
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
io.jenkins.plugins:chaos-monkey
Disclosed
24.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 11:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-mr75-899x-qcxq - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: io.jenkins.plugins:chaos-monkey

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
2
First → latest
05.2022 05.2022
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 1
  • Medium 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 2
  2. 2023: 0
  3. 2024: 0
  4. 2025: 0
  5. 2026: 0
  1. Missing permission checks in Jenkins Chaos Monkey Plugin this entry
    High · 7.5 CVE-2020-2322 < 0.4 0.4
  2. Medium · 5.3 CVE-2020-2323 < 0.4.1 0.4.1

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