Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Jenkins and Jenkins LTS - CVE-2026-117612
Published: November 2, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU158574
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-117612
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper "resolves-to" attribute handling when processing serialized data in XStream. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Jenkins
Jenkins LTS
Jenkins LTS
How to mitigate CVE-2026-117612
Install updates from vendor's website.
Jenkins - update to 2.588
Jenkins LTS - update to 2.580.2
Jenkins LTS - update to 2.580.2