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CVE-2014-2064 Jenkins

Affected softwareJenkins
Severity5.0 Medium CVSS 2.0
Fixed in1.551, 1.532.2
WeaknessInformation exposure (CWE-200)
Published17 Oct 2014
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

The loadUserByUsername function in hudson/security/HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm.java in Jenkins before 1.551 and LTS before 1.532.2 allows remote attackers to determine whether a user exists via vectors related to failed login attempts.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. The 1 repository below are public GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed, none at 5+ stars
  • EPSS 3.0% chance in 30 days

1 of these are GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars. They are listed for reference and don't count toward the exploitation status above.

IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
GitHub PoC Reproducible exploits for: CVE-2016-1240 CVE-2008-2938 CVE-2014-2064 CVE-2014-1904 1 2016-10-13

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists: jenkinsci/jenkins fbf9673.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory
Finding This CVE is MEDIUM severity, is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, has no public exploit or PoC in any indexed source, carries no CISA Vulnrichment finding of a demonstrated exploit, and is not part of an Oracle Critical Patch Update. None of the signals that would put it in front of an engineer is present, and the volume of CVEs below that bar is too great to take one at a time, so no rule is written for it. This is a decision about what we act on, not a finding that the CVE is harmless — a patch may well be derivable, and a low-severity defect can still be one link in a longer chain.
Candidate fix https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/fbf96734470caba9364f04e0b77b0bae7293a1ec : a commit: the change itself

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core 1.533 1.551 unbounded
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core 0 1.532.2 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 4 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd jenkins jenkins generic ≤ 1.532.1 · ≤ 1.550
osv org.jenkins-ci.main jenkins-core generic < 1.532.2 · ≥ 1.533 and < 1.551

References

URLTags
https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/fbf96734470caba9364f04e0b77b0bae7293a1ec commit
https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins PACKAGE
https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2014-02-14 WEB
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/21/2 WEB

Timeline

Published2014-10-17By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.