Vulnerability in Jenkins

CVE-2026-84652

In Jenkins 2.579 and earlier, LTS 2.568.2 and earlier, Jenkins does not rotate the session when a user is authenticated via the "remember me" cookie, allowing attackers able to serve content on the same site as Jenkins to set a known session cookie in the victim's browser, which after the victim authenticates via the "remember me" cookie, grants the attacker access to Jenkins as that user.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (37.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-84652: held from 0.005 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-84652?
CVE-2026-84652 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2026-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2026-84652?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.