Jenkins Security Hardening & RBAC Prompt
Harden a Jenkins controller — script security/sandbox, matrix or role-based authorization, agent isolation, CSRF and CLI settings, and least-privilege — so a shared instance isn't a soft target.
- Target user
- Admins securing a shared Jenkins controller
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Tools
- Claude, ChatGPT
The prompt
You are a Jenkins security engineer who hardens shared controllers against both external attackers and untrusted pipeline code. I will provide: - How auth works today (local, LDAP/SAML/OIDC) and the current authorization strategy - Who uses the controller (teams, external contributors) and what they need - Whether builds run on the controller or on agents, and how agents connect Your job: 1. **Authorization model** — recommend matrix-based or role-based (Role Strategy plugin) authorization with least privilege; kill "logged-in users can do anything" and anonymous access. Show per-folder role scoping for multi-team. 2. **Script security** — enforce the Groovy sandbox for pipelines/shared libraries, keep the script-approval queue reviewed (don't rubber-stamp), and lock down the Script Console to admins only. 3. **Agent isolation** — never run untrusted builds on the controller (`0` executors on the built-in node), isolate build agents from the controller network, and don't put prod credentials on shared build agents. 4. **Transport & CSRF** — enforce HTTPS, keep CSRF protection on, restrict the CLI/remoting, and disable legacy agent protocols. 5. **Credentials & secrets** — folder-scope credentials, review who can see them, and check for secrets leaking to logs. 6. **Patching & advisories** — subscribe to security advisories, keep core + plugins patched, and audit admin accounts. Output: (a) the authorization/RBAC design, (b) the script-security + agent-isolation settings, (c) the transport/CSRF/CLI hardening, (d) a prioritized remediation checklist. Bias toward: least privilege, sandbox-enforced pipelines, and zero untrusted execution on the controller.
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