What is CVE-2016-3722?

CVE-2016-3722 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2016-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2016-3722?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jenkins

CVE-2016-3722

Jenkins before 2.3 and LTS before 1.651.2 allow remote authenticated users with multiple accounts to cause a denial of service (unable to login) by editing the "full name."

Published 2016-05-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (82.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins
Red Hat Openshift — versions 3.1, 3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.cloudbees.com/jenkins-security-advisory-2016-05-11 (Vendor Advisory)
wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-05-11 (Vendor Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1206 (vendor-advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1773.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3722?: CVE-2016-3722 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2016-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2016-3722?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.