What is CVE-2017-2604?

CVE-2017-2604 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under CWE-358. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2018-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2017-2604?

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

Auth bypass in Jenkins

CVE-2017-2604

In Jenkins before versions 2.44, 2.32.2 low privilege users were able to act on administrative monitors due to them not being consistently protected by permission checks (SECURITY-371).

Published 2018-05-15 · 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:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Jenkins
[Unknown] Jenkins — versions jenkins 2.32.2, jenkins 2.44

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-02-01/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95959 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/6efcf6c2ac39bc5c59ac7251822be8ddf67ceaf8 (Patch)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2604?: CVE-2017-2604 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under CWE-358. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2018-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-2604?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.