Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-46657

Medium

Published: 25 October 2023

Published
25 October 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0011 28.7th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-46657 is a medium-severity Incorrect Comparison (CWE-697) vulnerability in Jenkins Gogs. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Password Guessing (T1110.001); ranked at the 28.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Jenkins Gogs Plugin 1.0.15 and earlier uses a non-constant time comparison function when checking whether the provided and expected webhook token are equal, potentially allowing attackers to use statistical methods to obtain a valid webhook token.

CWE(s)
CWE-697

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1110.001 Password Guessing Credential Access
Adversaries with no prior knowledge of legitimate credentials within the system or environment may guess passwords to attempt access to accounts.
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Why these techniques?

The non-constant time comparison function for webhook tokens enables attackers to use statistical methods to guess the valid token, facilitating Password Guessing (T1110.001).

MITRE ATLAS TechniquesAI

MITRE ATLAS techniques

AML.T0010: AI Supply Chain CompromiseAML.T0048: External Harms

Affected Assets

jenkins
gogs
≤ 1.0.15

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

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