What is CVE-2016-0791?

CVE-2016-0791 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-0791?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Jenkins

CVE-2016-0791

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

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.005 (64.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Jenkins — versions 1.642.1
Redhat Openshift — versions 3.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

RHSA-2016:0711 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
RHSA-2016:1773 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0791?: CVE-2016-0791 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-0791?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.