Vulnerability in Jenkins
CVE-2018-1000864
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.153 and earlier, LTS 2.138.3 and earlier in CronTab.java that allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to have a request handling thread enter an infinite loop.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.028 (85.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Jenkins
- Red Hat Openshift Container Platform — versions 3.11
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0024 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106176 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-12-05/ (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-1000864?
- CVE-2018-1000864 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-12-10.
- How severe is CVE-2018-1000864?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-1000864 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.