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CVE-2016-3725
Jenkins before 2.3 and LTS before 1.651.2 allows remote authenticated users to trigger updating of update site metadata by leveraging a…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreGHSA-59fm-6x3q-q3q5 (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://www.cloudbees.com/jenkins-security-advisory-2016-05-11 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-05-11 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1206 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1773 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-59fm-6x3q-q3q5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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