CVE-2017-2599

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

Jenkins before versions 2.44 and 2.32.2 is vulnerable to an insufficient permission check. This allows users with permissions to create new items (e.g. jobs) to overwrite existing items they don't have access to (SECURITY-321).

Affected products

Jenkins: before 2.32.2; before 2.44 — 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/95949
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2599
https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/4ed5c850b6855ab064a66d02fb338f366853ce89
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-02-01/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95949
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2599
https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/4ed5c850b6855ab064a66d02fb338f366853ce89
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-02-01/

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