What is CVE-2016-0790?

CVE-2016-0790 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-0790?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Jenkins

CVE-2016-0790

Jenkins before 1.650 and LTS before 1.642.2 do not use a constant-time algorithm to verify API tokens, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine API tokens via a brute-force approach.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-04-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (81.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins
Red Hat Openshift — versions 3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0711 (vendor-advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1773.html (vendor-advisory)
wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-02-24 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0790?: CVE-2016-0790 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-0790?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.