Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Jenkins - CVE-2017-2608

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Jenkins - CVE-2017-2608

Published: May 15, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU37132
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2608
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
Jenkins

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

Jenkins before versions 2.44, 2.32.2 is vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability involving the deserialization of various types in javax.imageio in XStream-based APIs (SECURITY-383).


How to mitigate CVE-2017-2608

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources