CVE-2023-40349
Published: 16 August 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-40349 is a medium-severity Improper Initialization (CWE-665) vulnerability in Jenkins Gogs. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 42.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-2345
Vulnerability details
Jenkins Gogs Plugin 1.0.15 and earlier improperly initializes an option to secure its webhook endpoint, allowing unauthenticated attackers to trigger builds of jobs.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Ensures shared resources are explicitly initialized or cleared on allocation, preventing exposure of prior contents to new users or processes.
Mandates that every instance begins in a known (presumably clean) state, eliminating reliance on residual or uninitialized state left by prior executions.