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CVE-2017-2598

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-05-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-325

Description

Jenkins before versions 2.44, 2.32.2 uses AES ECB block cipher mode without IV for encrypting secrets which makes Jenkins and the stored secrets vulnerable to unnecessary risks (SECURITY-304).

Affected products

• Jenkins: before 2.44; before 2.32.2 — fixed in 2.32.2, 2.44

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Jenkins 2.32.2, 2.44. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95948
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2598
• https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/e6aa166246d1734f4798a9e31f78842f4c85c28b
• https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-02-01/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95948
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2598
• https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/e6aa166246d1734f4798a9e31f78842f4c85c28b
• https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-02-01/

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