Understanding CSRF protection in Jenkins

CSRF protection settings in Jenkins are designed to prevent malicious attacks that can trick users into performing unintended actions. CSRF attacks occur when an attacker tricks a user’s browser into making unintended requests to a target website, potentially causing unauthorized actions to be executed. In Jenkins, CSRF protection is enabled by default to safeguard against such attacks. The CSRF protection settings ensure that requests made to Jenkins are verified and validated to prevent unauthorized access or actions. Let’s understand this with an example.

In certain scenarios, you may need to trigger a Jenkins pipeline using an external webhook. For instance, when a CI pipeline uploads a new artifact to Artifactory, you may want the Artifactory webhook plugin to trigger a specific performance testing pipeline in Jenkins. External webhooks involving Jenkins typically utilize Jenkins’ REST API, which requires authentication...