What is CVE-2023-37948?

CVE-2023-37948 is a low-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Cloud Infrastructure Compute, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2023-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-37948?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Jenkins Cloud Infrastructure Compute

CVE-2023-37948

Jenkins Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Plugin 1.0.16 and earlier does not validate SSH host keys when connecting OCI clouds, enabling man-in-the-middle attacks.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2023-07-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-07-12/ (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/12/2 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-37948?: CVE-2023-37948 is a low-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Cloud Infrastructure Compute, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2023-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-37948?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.