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CVE-2016-0790

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-04-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Jenkins before 1.650 and LTS before 1.642.2 do not use a constant-time algorithm to verify API tokens, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine API tokens via a brute-force approach.

Affected products

• Jenkins: through 1.642.1; through 1.649
• Openshift: 3.1

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1773.html
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0711
• https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-02-24
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1773.html
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0711
• https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-02-24

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