What is GHSA-7fgq-gph8-29q5?

GHSA-7fgq-gph8-29q5 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Jenkins 2.575 and earlier, LTS 2.568.1 and earlier handles case-insensitivity in user names and...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-7fgq-gph8-29q5 cover?

GHSA-7fgq-gph8-29q5 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-70429. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-7fgq-gph8-29q5?

GHSA-7fgq-gph8-29q5 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-7fgq-gph8-29q5HighCVSS 8.1

Jenkins 2.575 and earlier, LTS 2.568.1 and earlier handles case-insensitivity in user names and...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 5, 2026

Last Modified

August 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-70429 →

📋 Description

Jenkins 2.575 and earlier, LTS 2.568.1 and earlier handles case-insensitivity in user names and group names inconsistently, allowing attackers able to create new users or groups with names that case-insensitively match other characters to impersonate other users or be granted their permissions in some circumstances.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-70429
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2026-08-05/#SECURITY-3924
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7fgq-gph8-29q5