vulnerability
Jenkins Advisory 2016-05-11: CVE-2016-3725: Regular users can trigger download of update site metadata
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | May 17, 2016 | Nov 13, 2017 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 17, 2016
Added
Nov 13, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
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).
Solutions
jenkins-lts-upgrade-1_651_2jenkins-upgrade-2_3
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