What is CVE-2017-1000396?

CVE-2017-1000396 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-01-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000396?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jenkins

CVE-2017-1000396

Jenkins 2.73.1 and earlier, 2.83 and earlier bundled a version of the commons-httpclient library with the vulnerability CVE-2012-6153 that incorrectly verified SSL certificates, making it susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. This library is widely used as a transitive dependency in Jenkins plugins. The fix for CVE-2012-6153 was backported to the version of commons-httpclient that is bundled in core and made available to plugins.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.005 (39.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Jenkins
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000396?: CVE-2017-1000396 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-01-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000396?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.