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CVE-2014-2064

The loadUserByUsername function in hudson/security/HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm.java in Jenkins before 1.551 and LTS before 1.532.2 allows remote attackers to determine whether a user exists via vectors related to failed login attempts.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-2064 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from jenkins organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-10-17T15:55:05.727

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-200

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	jenkins	jenkins	≤ 1.532.1	Yes
Application	jenkins	jenkins	≤ 1.550	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/21/2 ([email protected])
https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/fbf96734470caba9364f04e0b77b0bae7293a1ec Patch ([email protected])
https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2014-02-14 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/21/2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/fbf96734470caba9364f04e0b77b0bae7293a1ec Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2014-02-14 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For jenkins's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.