What is CVE-2015-7538?

CVE-2015-7538 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-02-03.

How severe is CVE-2015-7538?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jenkins

CVE-2015-7538

Jenkins before 1.640 and LTS before 1.625.2 allow remote attackers to bypass the CSRF protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.

Published 2016-02-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (82.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins
Red Hat Openshift — versions 2.0

References

wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2015-12-09 (Vendor Advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0489.html (vendor-advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0070 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7538?: CVE-2015-7538 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-02-03.
How severe is CVE-2015-7538?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.