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CVE-2016-9299

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 96.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-01-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-90

Description

The remoting module in Jenkins before 2.32 and LTS before 2.19.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object, which triggers an LDAP query to a third-party server.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 25
• Jenkins: through 2.19.2; through 2.31

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/12/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/9
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94281
• http://www.slideshare.net/codewhitesec/java-deserialization-vulnerabilities-the-forgotten-bug-class-deepsec-edition
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21original/jenkinsci-advisories/-fc-w9tNEJE/GRvEzWoJBgAJ
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21original/jenkinsci-advisories/-fc-w9tNEJE/LZ7EOS0fBgAJ
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZW2KUKYLNLVDB7STLHLYALCUFLEGCRM6/
• https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-11-16
• https://www.cloudbees.com/jenkins-security-advisory-2016-11-16
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44642/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/12/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/9

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