Missing permissions check in Jenkins Core

Also known as GHSA-59fm-6x3q-q3q5

Published 10 y ago 2016-05-17 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

4.3

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

2.4%

percentile 84%

Public exploits

none known

Jenkins before 2.3 and LTS before 1.651.2 allows remote authenticated users to trigger updating of update site metadata by leveraging a missing permissions check. NOTE: this issue can be combined with DNS cache poisoning to cause a denial of service (service disruption).

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.39% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	4.3	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`
NVD	2.0	5.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`
GitHub	3.0	4.3	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
maven	`org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core`	<2.3	2.3

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-280 Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges

Technology feeds

Jenkins (RSS, critical only)

References

cloudbees.com /jenkins-security-advisory-2016-05-11 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
wiki.jenkins-ci.org /display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-05-11 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016:1206 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-1773.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3725 · advisory

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-3725
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-59fm-6x3q-q3q5
NVD: CVE-2016-3725

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