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Vulnerability details: VCID-vjar-udts-v7cg
Vulnerability ID VCID-vjar-udts-v7cg
Aliases CVE-2023-32979
GHSA-6gp4-2f92-j2w5
Summary Jenkins Email Extension Plugin missing permission check Jenkins Email Extension Plugin does not perform a permission check in a method implementing form validation, allowing attackers with Overall/Read permission to check for the existence of files in the email-templates/ directory in the Jenkins home directory on the controller file system.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
System Score Found at
cvssv3 4.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-32979.json
epss 0.00057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32979
epss 0.00057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32979
epss 0.00057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32979
epss 0.00057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32979
epss 0.00057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32979
epss 0.00057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32979
epss 0.00057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32979
epss 0.00073 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32979
epss 0.00073 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32979
epss 0.00073 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32979
epss 0.00073 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32979
epss 0.00073 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32979
epss 0.00073 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32979
epss 0.00073 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32979
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6gp4-2f92-j2w5
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32979
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32979
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-05-16/#SECURITY-3088%20(1)
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-05-16/#SECURITY-3088%20(1)
ssvc Track https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-05-16/#SECURITY-3088%20(1)
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-32979.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32979
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-05-16/#SECURITY-3088%20(1)
2207831 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2207831
CVE-2023-32979 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32979
GHSA-6gp4-2f92-j2w5 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6gp4-2f92-j2w5
RHSA-2023:3625 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3625
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-32979.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32979
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

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required

unchanged

changed

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-05-16/#SECURITY-3088%20(1)
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-23T16:03:36Z/ Found at https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-05-16/#SECURITY-3088%20(1)
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.17731
EPSS Score 0.00057
Published At April 13, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:51:17.339645+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.jenkins-ci.plugins/email-ext/CVE-2023-32979.yml 38.0.0