Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-28668

Critical

Published: 02 April 2023

Published
02 April 2023
Modified
25 February 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0080 74.6th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-28668 is a critical-severity Improper Preservation of Permissions (CWE-281) vulnerability in Jenkins Role-Based Authorization Strategy. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 25.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Jenkins Role-based Authorization Strategy Plugin 587.v2872c41fa_e51 and earlier grants permissions even after they've been disabled.

CWE(s)
CWE-281

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

jenkins
role-based authorization strategy
≤ 587.v2872c41fa_e51

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

PS-5 Personnel Transfer
addresses: CWE-281

Forces removal or modification of permissions no longer required after reassignment, preventing improper preservation of old access rights.

References