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Tomcat: failure to set httponly flag on cookies

Published Sep 12, 2017

Description

Jenkins before 1.586 does not set the HttpOnly flag in a Set-Cookie header for session cookies when run on Tomcat 7.0.41 or later, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via script access to cookies.

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Red Hat statement

This issue affects the versions of Jenkins as shipped with Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 12, 2017
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jan 22, 2015
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date Nov 15, 2014
GHSA-7F6W-FHMR-J8HQ