Security context

What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.

jenkinsci/active-directory-plugin

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Fixes

CVEs

CRITICAL

Peak severity

50.0%

Coverage

Highlights

Auth Bypass: 9 prior fixes. Scrutinize any change in this area.

src/main/java/hudson/plugins/active_directory/ActiveDirectorySecurityRealm.java: most-fixed (10 issues). Treat as high-risk during review.

19 high-severity fixes in this history; regressions here are high-impact.

Recurring patterns

The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.

Auth Bypass: Flaws in cache key structures and inadequate validation of empty passwords allowed authentication bypass. Developers must enforce strict password checks prior to performing cache retrievals or assuming active authenticated state.

LDAP Injection: Raw string concatenation in DN lookups and search queries historically created injection vectors. Utilizing parameterized searches or encoding raw elements as structured LdapNames is critical.

TLS/SSL Misconfiguration: The system has repeatedly defaulted to trusting all certificates or hardcoding trust-all overrides. Strict JVM truststore validation must be the fallback standard.