CVE-2016-0792 EXPLOIT
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 83.3% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple unspecified API endpoints in Jenkins before 1.650 and LTS before 1.642.2 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via serialized data in an XML file, related to XStream and groovy.util.Expando.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 83.26% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2016-04-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| jenkins | jenkins |
| redhat | openshift |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Jenkins - XStream Groovy classpath Deserialization (Metasploit) | 2017-12-19 |
| exploit-db | Jenkins < 1.650 - Java Deserialization | 2017-07-30 |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1773.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0711
- https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-02-24
- https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers/serialization-must-die-act-2-xstream
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42394/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43375/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1773.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0711
- https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-02-24
- https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers/serialization-must-die-act-2-xstream
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42394/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43375/
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