Description
A missing permission check in Jenkins Pipeline: Build Step Plugin 599.v4b_67ea_11b_152 and earlier causes downstream builds awaited by the `waitForBuild` step when the `propagateAbort` parameter is used to be canceled even when the build's authentication lacks Item/Cancel permission on the downstream job.
References1
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.4
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 30 · as of 2 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-862
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