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CVE-2017-2602 jenkins

Affected softwarejenkins
Severity4.3 Medium CVSS 3.0 3 scores
Fixed in2.32.2, 2.44
WeaknessCWE-184
Published15 May 2018
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

jenkins before versions 2.44, 2.32.2 is vulnerable to an improper blacklisting of the Pipeline metadata files in the agent-to-master security subsystem. This could allow metadata files to be written to by malicious agents (SECURITY-358).

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 8 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 1.5% chance in 30 days

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 414ff7e.

  • 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/414ff7e30aba66bed18c4ee8a8660fb36fc8c655 : a commit: the change itself

CVSS

4.3 MEDIUM v3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N 3 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 3.0 4.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N NVD Primary published
CVSS 3.0 3.1 LOW CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N secalert@redhat.com Secondary
CVSS 2.0 4.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/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 0 2.32.2 unbounded
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core 2.34 2.44 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 4 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd jenkins jenkins generic < 2.32.2 · < 2.44
osv org.jenkins-ci.main jenkins-core generic < 2.32.2 · ≥ 2.34 and < 2.44

References

URLTags
https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/414ff7e30aba66bed18c4ee8a8660fb36fc8c655 commit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2602 WEB
https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins PACKAGE
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-02-01 WEB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95952 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-02-01/ Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published2018-05-15By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.