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CVE-2015-1809 Jenkins CloudBees

Affected softwareJenkins CloudBees
Severity7.5 High CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in1.600, 1.596.1
WeaknessXML external entity (XXE) (CWE-611)
Published15 Jan 2020
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in CloudBees Jenkins before 1.600 and LTS before 1.596.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary XML files via an XPath query.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 6 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 1.4% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

  • Protection full XXE
  • Action available security rule
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule
Finding Protected by Waratek's ARMR xxe security rule, which blocks this class of attack at the JVM level without a rule written for this CVE specifically. The CVE's weakness is CWE-611: XML External Entity Reference.
Candidate fix https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205625 : a Red Hat bug: the triage, which links onward to the fix

How to mitigate CVE-2015-1809

Upgrade Jenkins CloudBees to a release that fixes it: 1.600 or 1.596.1. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with its XXE rule. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

CVSS

7.5 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 5.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core 1.597 1.600 unbounded
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core 0 1.596.1 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 4 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd jenkins cloudbees generic < 1.596.1 · < 1.600
osv org.jenkins-ci.main jenkins-core generic < 1.596.1 · ≥ 1.597 and < 1.600

References

URLTags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205625 bugzilla
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2015-02-27 WEB
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2015-02-27/ Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published2020-01-15By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.