What is CVE-2017-1000356?

CVE-2017-1000356 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-01-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000356?

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

Is CVE-2017-1000356 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Jenkins

CVE-2017-1000356

Jenkins versions 2.56 and earlier as well as 2.46.1 LTS and earlier are vulnerable to an issue in the Jenkins user database authentication realm: create an account if signup is enabled; or create an account if the victim is an administrator, possibly deleting the existing default admin user in the process and allowing a wide variety of impacts.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.070 (93.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Jenkins
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000356?: CVE-2017-1000356 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-01-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000356?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-1000356 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.