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

EPSS: 0.021 (79.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Jenkins
Redhat Openshift — versions 3.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.