CVE-2026-70437 Jenkins Webhook Plugin Timing Attack on Bearer Token
CVE-2026-70437 Published on August 5, 2026
Jenkins Webhook Secret Credentials Provider Plugin 16.v0cfa_f0215cf5 and earlier does not use a constant-time comparison function when checking whether the provided and expected webhook bearer token are equal, potentially allowing attackers to use statistical methods to obtain a valid webhook bearer token.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-70437 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
Observable Timing Discrepancy
Two separate operations in a product require different amounts of time to complete, in a way that is observable to an actor and reveals security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not. In security-relevant contexts, even small variations in timing can be exploited by attackers to indirectly infer certain details about the product's internal operations. For example, in some cryptographic algorithms, attackers can use timing differences to infer certain properties about a private key, making the key easier to guess. Timing discrepancies effectively form a timing side channel.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-70437
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Affected Versions
Jenkins Project Jenkins Webhook Secret Credentials Provider Plugin:- Before and including 16.v0cfa_f0215cf5 is affected.