A denial of service vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.137 and earlier, 2.121.2 and earlier in BasicAuthenticationFilter.java, BasicHeaderApiTokenAuthenticator.java that allows attackers to create ephemeral in-memory user records by attempting to log in using invalid credentials.
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"github_reviewed": true,
"cwe_ids": [
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],
"github_reviewed_at": "2022-06-28T23:43:04Z",
"severity": "HIGH",
"nvd_published_at": "2018-08-23T18:29:00Z"
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