What is CVE-2017-2613?

CVE-2017-2613 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2017-2613?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

CSRF in Jenkins

CVE-2017-2613

jenkins before versions 2.44, 2.32.2 is vulnerable to a user creation CSRF using GET by admins. While this user record was only retained until restart in most cases, administrators' web browsers could be manipulated to create a large number of user records (SECURITY-406).

Published 2018-05-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.016 · change: -0.001

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)
github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/b88b20ec473200db35d0a0d29dcf192069106601 (Patch)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95967 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2613?: CVE-2017-2613 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-2613?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.